S-PRIME/TI-SNPS program activities in FY94 critical components testing

Journal Article · Fri Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 1995 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.47118· OSTI ID:102095

Brown, C ^[1]; Dale Rogers, R; Determan, W R ^[2]; Van Hagan, T ^[3]

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1. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy Space Reactor Power Systems Division, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874 (United States)
2. Rockwell International Corporation, Rocketdyne Division, 6633 Canoga Avenue, Canoga Park, California 91303-7922 (United States)
3. General Atomics, Post Office Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-9784 (United States)

A conceptual design for a 40-kWe thermionic space nuclear power system (TI-SNPS) known as the S-PRIME system is being developed by Rockwell and its subcontractors for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), United States Air Force (USAF), and Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) under the TI-SNPS Program. Phase 1 of this program includes developing a conceptual design of a 5- to 40-kWe range TI-SNPS and validating key technologies that support the design. All key technologies for the S-PRIME design have been identified along with six critical component demonstrations, which will be used to validate the S-PRIME design features. {copyright}American Institute of Physics 1995

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-92SF19138
• OSTI ID: 102095
• Report Number(s): CONF-950110-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9516M0043
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 324, Issue 1; Conference: 12. symposium on space nuclear power and propulsion, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 8-12 Jan 1995; Other Information: PBD: 20 Jan 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
THERMIONIC FUEL ELEMENTS
DESIGN
ELECTRIC POWER
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
POWER RANGE 10-100 KW
REACTORS
VALIDATION
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems