Topaz-II integrated system testing and qualification at the TSET facility
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Phillips Lab., Kirtland, NM (United States)
The Thermionic System Evaluation Test (TSET) is a ground test of unfueled Russian Topaz-11 in-core thermionic space reactors powered by electric heaters. The facility that will be used for testing of the Topaz-II systems is located at the New Mexico Engineering Research Institute complex in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The reassembly of the Russian test equipment was the responsibility of International Scientific Products and INERTEK, a Russian joint venture, with support provided by engineers and technicians from the US Phillips Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the University of New Mexico. The TSET facility is operated by US personnel with technical support provided by INERTEK engineers. The testing is being funded by the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization with the Phillips Laboratory responsible for project management.
- OSTI ID:
- 5884675
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930601-; CODEN: TANSAO
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 68; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) annual meeting, San Diego, CA (United States), 20-24 Jun 1993; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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