Over the past 4 years, the United States (U.S.) Government has issued several new National policies that fundamentally change the approach to nuclear flight safety for aerospace applications, including the complete revision of the Federal policy for handling launch of spacecraft containing space nuclear systems. In response, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is updating its nuclear flight safety program while still maintaining consistency with other Federal policies, international conventions, and NASA’s own policies. The recently-completed revision of the NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) document for nuclear flight safety is a key step in the evolution of NASA policy and practice in this area. This paper will briefly describe the more significant changes in the new NASA NPR.


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    Title :

    NASA Nuclear Flight Safety – New Protocols for Safety and Mission Assurance


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Nuclear and Emerging Technologies in Space (NETS) ; 2022 ; Cleveland, Ohio, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







    NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance

    Wilcutt, Terry / Groen, Franciscus J. | NTRS | 2018