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| About
INSPI The Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute (INSPI) at the University of Florida is funded through several government and private industry research grants and contracts to conduct fundamental and applied research in areas related to application of nuclear power in space. Founded in 1985, INSPI research covers a broad range of activities including feasibility analysis for ultracompact nuclear power reactor concepts as well as experimental and theoretical research to establish the fundamental properties of high temperature materials and processes used in space power reactors. |
Research
Current research is focused on the design studies related to nuclear thermal propulsion based on square lattice honeycomb ternary carbide fuels and nuclear electric propulsion based on gaseous and liquid fuel reactors with magnetohydrodynamic power generation systems. Specific research projects are conducted in areas such as ultrahigh temperature nuclear fuel, computational fluid and gas dynamic and heat transfer, and development of a web based space nuclear power information resources and database system. Teaching |
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| General Information | Uranium TriCarbide Nuclear Fuels | Square Lattice Honeycomb Reactor | Computational Fluid Dynamics | NEP with Vapor Core Reactor & MHD |
Contacting INSPI
2800 SW Archer Rd. Bldg.554, P.O. Box 116502, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-6502 USA
Phone: (352) 392-1427, FAX: (352) 392-8656, e-mail: anghaie@ufl.edu
