Published 1986
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Report
Lunar nuclear power feasibility study
Description
The work reported here was performed as part of a contract for NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA has identified a return to the lunar surface as one candidate mission for the year 2000. Suggested scenarios for lunar surface activities all involve substantial electrical power needs. The two main competitive electric power sources are solar and nuclear. Consideration was given to direct use on the lunar surface of one of the possible products of the SP-100 project. Five specific issues were identified in connection with direct use of an unmodified SP-100 system on the lunar surface. Each of these is discussed in the paper
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Transactions of the symposia on space nuclear power systems. Summaries 1986
- Journal Page Range
- p. MA-2.1-MA-2.2.
- Report number
- CONF-860102--Summs
Conference
- Title
- 3. symposium on space nuclear power systems.
- Dates
- 13-16 Jan 1986.
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18100618
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MOON; POWER; RADIATORS; SHIELDING; SPACE POWER REACTORS; SPACE VEHICLES; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; USES
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MOBILE REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; POWER SUPPLIES; REACTORS; SATELLITES