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Heat-Pipe Space Nuclear Reactor design assessment. Volume 1. Design status of the SP-100 Heat-Pipe Space Nuclear Reactor system. Final report, 5 May 1982-27 March 1985

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5995869
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This document reviews the design status of the SP-100, heat pipe space nuclear reactor system. It also identifies those systems and components requiring additional research to support continued SP-100 system development. The heat pipe reactor was designed to produce 100 kWe of continuous power in a space environment. The design constraints include an expected system operation time of 7 years and a maximum weight of approx. 3000 kg. The reactor, employing an unclad, highly enriched uranium dioxide core, operates as a fast reactor, and is cooled by high-temperature molybdenum -- 13% rhenium, heat pipes with lithium working fluid. Electric power is generated by thermoelectric converters, with the bulk of the thermal energy rejected to space by a radiator panel system.
Research Organization:
New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque (USA). Dept. of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering
OSTI ID:
5995869
Report Number(s):
AD-A-160279/6/XAB; NE-101(85)AFWL-144-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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