The droplet-core nuclear rocket:
https://doi.org/10.2514/6.1991-3514
Uranium can stay liquid under 100 bars at 7500K. Droplets would rain through a chamber filled with hydrogen before being spun out by a vortex and quenched on lithium. 2000-3000s Isp with much less hassle than gas-cores!
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