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Cylindrical radiators on spacecraft?

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Having your radiators tactically protected from enemy fire by the armor shape of your space warship is nice, but having a regular one or double-sided radiators is still a vulnerability. Other concepts such as liquid droplet and electrostatic radiators seem to be too complex and require much more power. I was thinking of radiators similar to that of the graphite spikes that are seen on the fusion torch cages in Attack Vector: Tactical. They would stick out of the body of the warship at an angle that allows them to be blocked from oncoming fire from by the frontal armor. They would have a radiating surface wrap around the entire circumference with working fluid pipes running through the interior. How feasible is this? What are your ideas for their design (approximates for length, diameter, and materials)? How would I calculate how much heat they would dissipate? Assume it is about 1-2GW of waste heat from a 200MW nuclear reactor.

Strategically drawn red circle pointing out the radiator spikes on a warship from AV: T

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