Publication Date:
2017-10-02
Description:
The results are summarized of the studies over the last several years to identify and characterize potential applications for the SP-100 space nuclear reactor power system in powering spacecraft. SP-100 is a space power system based on a fast spectrum nuclear reactor with thermoelectric power conversion and liquid metal and heat pipe thermal transport. SP-100 reactor systems are designed to provide electric power with user designated characteristics at levels in the range from 10 to 1000 kWe. The use of nuclear reactors such as SP-100 as a power source provides a potential means of providing uninterrupted electrical power as required for many of todays space missions within acceptable cost and safety constraints.
Keywords:
NUCLEAR AND HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS
Type:
New Mexico Univ., Transactions of the Fourth Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems; p 19-21
Format:
text
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