Published June 1979
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NEPS reactor and heat exchanger. Summary status (December 1978)
Description
The design of a 3 MW(+) heat-pipe cooled nuclear reactor for electric propulsion of spacecrafts has been evolving continually. Several modifications have been made to make the reactor design more tolerant of potential heat pipe failures. Design parameters and operating characteristics for the modified reactor are presented. The desirability of separating the reactor assembly from the thermionic converter assembly has been recognized, and an intermediate heat exchanger to couple the two subassemblies together has been conceptualized
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 21 p.
- Report number
- LA--7711-MS
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 11500330
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- FUEL ELEMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PIPES; REACTOR CORES; SPACE PROPULSION REACTORS; SPECIFICATIONS; URANIUM DIOXIDE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; MOBILE REACTORS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; PROPULSION REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SPACE POWER REACTORS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES