This year, particularly since the last IECEC meeting, has been an eventful one for our Space Reactor Programs. Both the SP-100 and Multimegawatt programs have made significant progress over the last year and that progress is the focus of this paper. In the SP-100 program the thermoelectric energy conversion concept powered by a compact, high-temperature, lithium-cooled, uranium-nitride-fueled fast spectrum reactor was selectred for engineering development and ground demonstration testing at an electrical power level of 300 kilowatts. In addition, the Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory was selected as the preferred site for the reactor ground test and a request for proposals (RFP) was issued to obtain an industrial contractor to design, develop, fabricate and direct the testing of the SP-100 Space Reactor Power System. Moreover, a Reference Mission has been established for SP-100; this will help to focus efforts during the current phase of the program. In the Multimegawatt (MMW) program, activities moved from the planning phase into one of technology development and assessment with attendant preliminary definition and evaluation of power concepts against requirements of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
Space reactor power 1986: A year of choices and transition
Kernreaktor in der Raumfahrt 1986: Ein Jahr der Entscheidungen und des Uebergangs
1986
5 Seiten
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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