TRISO-X announced the test of its coated particle fuel for nuclear thermal propulsion applications, marking a major step toward a one-of-a-kind, nuclear-powered rocket. TRISO-X was tapped to develop key fuel fabrication processes as part of a team led by General Atomics Electromagnetic System for the first phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program, which concludes this month
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