Research Reports
Nuclear Energy in Space Exploration
May 2024 · archived · UCL Undergraduate Preparatory Certificate Research Project · Rui Zhang
A public LaTeX portfolio version of a UPC research essay comparing radioisotope and fission power systems with solar and chemical alternatives for long-duration space exploration.
- space exploration
- nuclear energy
- academic writing
- UPC
Summary
This is a cleaned public LaTeX version of my UPC independent research project. It compares radioisotope power systems and fission power systems with solar power and chemical batteries for long-duration and deep-space missions.
Context
The original essay was submitted for the UCL Undergraduate Preparatory Certificate and selected by faculty as a model project for future cohorts. It is listed here as an archived research-report artifact, not as peer-reviewed engineering research.
Notes on status
The public version preserves the argument structure, references, and reflective component while removing unreproduced document figures from the original assessed submission.