Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER)

James Bickford Charles Stark Draper Laboratory New and exciting missions, such as rendezvous with passing interstellar objects, or multi-target observation work at the gravitational focus of the Sun, require speeds far exceeding those of conventional rockets. Exotic solar sail approaches may be able to reach the desired distant locations, but cannot perform the required propulsive…

Deep into groundwater: New CRP improves utilization of isotope data

At a time when sustainable water resources are critical, the IAEA has unveiled an ambitious strategy to delve deeper into groundwater. The theme of the Agency’s new Coordinated Research Project (CRP), “Modelling and Isotope-Based Ageing for the Assessment of Fossil GW Resources”, focuses on strengthening the integration of environmental tracer data with numerical simulations of…