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System design for a nuclear electric spacecraft utilizing out-of-core thermionic conversion

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7108486
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Basic guidelines are presented for a nuclear space power system which utilizes heat pipes to transport thermal power from a fast nuclear reactor to an out of core thermionic converter array. Design parameters are discussed for the nuclear reactor, heat pipes, thermionic converters, shields (neutron and gamma), waste heat rejection systems, and the electrical bus bar-cable system required to transport the high current/low voltage power to the processing equipment. Dimensions are compatible with shuttle payload bay constraints. (Author)
Research Organization:
Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (USA)
OSTI ID:
7108486
Report Number(s):
N-77-10140; NASA-CR-149094; JPL-TM-33-791
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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