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Title: Kilopower - Powering the Future of Space Exploration [Poster]

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1909521· OSTI ID:1909521

The Kilopower Project was initiated by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate to demonstrate subsystem-level technology readiness of small space fission power in a relevant environment (TRL 5) for space science and human exploration power needs. The Kilopower Project centerpiece is the Kilowatt Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTY) test, which consists of the development and testing of a ground technology demonstrator of a 1 kWe class fission power system. The technologies to be developed and validated by KRUSTY are extensible to space fission power systems from 1 to 10 kWe, which can enable modular surface fission power systems for human exploration, as well as higher power future potential deep space science missions.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
DOE Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1909521
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-20-22423; TRN: US2310614
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2020 Nuclear and Particle Futures Capability Review, Santa Fe, NM (United States), 29 Mar - 1 Apr 2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English