Publication Date:
2017-10-02
Description:
A multimegawatt nuclear power system for lunar surface applications is presented. The design requirements were to produce 3 MWe on the Moon for an operational lifetime of 10 years without human intervention. The system uses an inert-gas-cooled fuel pin reactor as the heat source, a regenerative Brayton cycle as the power converter and a liquid droplet radiator as the thermal management system, and has a specific power of 66 W/kg.
Keywords:
NUCLEAR AND HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS
Type:
New Mexico Univ., Transactions of the Fourth Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems; p 493-495
Format:
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