Comparison of Reactor Technologies and Designs for Lunar/Martian Surface Reactor Applications

Conference · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:21021174

Poston, David I; Kapernick, Richard J; Marcille, Thomas F; Sadasivan, Pratap; Dixon, David D; Amiri, Benjamin W ^[1]

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1. Nuclear Systems Design Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545 (United States)

This report summarizes and compares three surface reactor concepts: a pumped- NaK, SS/UO{sub 2} reactor, a K-heat-pipe-cooled, SS/UO{sub 2} reactor, and a pumped-NaK, Hasteloy/UZrH reactor. Each of the reactors is coupled to a 25-kWe Stirling power conversion system, and is designed to a consistent set of design requirements and assumptions. A description of these requirements and assumptions is provided, as well as a listing of design features and parameters. (authors)

• Research Organization: American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 21021174
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2006 International congress on advances in nuclear power plants - ICAPP'06, Reno - Nevada (United States), 4-8 Jun 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; 8 refs; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 2006 international congress on advances in nuclear power plants - ICAPP'06, 2734 pages.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HEAT
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SODIUM ALLOYS
URANIUM DIOXIDE