Space Applications Of Nuclear Energy

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Space Studies Board,Committee on Priorities for Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309180108

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Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Space Studies Board,Committee on Priorities for Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion Pdf

In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004, was initiated because of the inherent limitations in photovoltaic and chemical propulsion systems in reaching many solar system objectives. To help determine appropriate missions for a nuclear power and propulsion capability, NASA asked the NRC for an independent assessment of potentially highly meritorious missions that may be enabled if space nuclear systems became operational. This report provides a series of space science objectives and missions that could be so enabled in the period beyond 2015 in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, solar system exploration, and solar and space physics. It is based on but does not reprioritize the findings of previous NRC decadal surveys in those three areas.

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher : IAEA
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015069115601

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The Role of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Propulsion in the Peaceful Exploration of Space by International Atomic Energy Agency Pdf

Provides details of a variety of radioisotope power systems, shows in what circumstances they surpass other power systems, and provides the history of the space missions in which they have been employed. The book also summarizes the use of on-board reactors and the testing done on reactor rocket thrusters.

Author : Joseph A. Angelo,David Buden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015009833941

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Space Nuclear Power by Joseph A. Angelo,David Buden Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Nuclear propulsion
ISBN : UOM:39015003996405

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Nuclear Energy for Space Propulsion and Auxiliary Power by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy Pdf

Focuses on cooperative AEC-NASA-DOD RPD programs to apply nuclear power to rocket propulsion and spacecraft power systems.

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Transportation
ISBN : UCAL:$B642338

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Space Nuclear Power Applications by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : PSU:000015608932

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Nuclear Power in Space by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development Pdf

Author : Mohamed S. El-Genk,Mark D. Hoover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 1563961377

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Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion by Mohamed S. El-Genk,Mark D. Hoover Pdf

This extensive and completely comprehensive proceedings volume offers the most in-depth examination available today of nuclear power for applications in space.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Production
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : LOC:00183667440

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Space Nuclear Power, Conversion, and Energy Storage for the Nineties and Beyond by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Production Pdf

Author : J. P. Contzen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : CORNELL:31924004615302

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Space Applications of Nuclear Energy by J. P. Contzen Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Production
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Nuclear power plants
ISBN : UCR:31210024957449

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Space Nuclear Power Generation, Conversion, and Storage for the Nineties and Beyond by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Production Pdf

Author : Claudio Bruno
Publisher : Progress in Astronautics and A
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1563479516

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Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Systems by Claudio Bruno Pdf

Nuclear propulsion : an introduction / Claudio Bruno -- Nuclear-thermal-rocket propulsion systems / Timothy J. Lawrence -- Application of ion thrusters to high-thrust, high-specific-impulse nuclear electric missions / D.G. Fearn -- High-power and high-thrust-density electric propulsion for in-space transportation / Monika Auweter-Kurtz and Helmut Kurtz -- Review of reactor configurations for space nuclear electric propulsion and surface power considerations / Roger X. Lenard -- Nuclear safety : legal aspects and policy recommendations / Roger X. Lenard -- Radioactivity, doses, and risks in nuclear propulsion / Alessio Del Rossi and Claudio Bruno -- The Chernobyl accident : a detailed account / Alessio del Rossi and Claudio Bruno.

Author : Erik Storm Pedersen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : UOM:39015003996348

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Nuclear Energy in Space by Erik Storm Pedersen Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Space Studies Board,Radioisotope Power Systems Committee
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309141765

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Radioisotope Power Systems by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Space Studies Board,Radioisotope Power Systems Committee Pdf

Spacecraft require electrical energy. This energy must be available in the outer reaches of the solar system where sunlight is very faint. It must be available through lunar nights that last for 14 days, through long periods of dark and cold at the higher latitudes on Mars, and in high-radiation fields such as those around Jupiter. Radioisotope power systems (RPSs) are the only available power source that can operate unconstrained in these environments for the long periods of time needed to accomplish many missions, and plutonium-238 (238Pu) is the only practical isotope for fueling them. Plutonium-238 does not occur in nature. The committee does not believe that there is any additional 238Pu (or any operational 238Pu production facilities) available anywhere in the world.The total amount of 238Pu available for NASA is fixed, and essentially all of it is already dedicated to support several pending missions-the Mars Science Laboratory, Discovery 12, the Outer Planets Flagship 1 (OPF 1), and (perhaps) a small number of additional missions with a very small demand for 238Pu. If the status quo persists, the United States will not be able to provide RPSs for any subsequent missions.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : PSU:000019984438

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The SP-100 Space Reactor Power System Program by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Energy Engineering Board,Committee on Advanced Space Based High Power Technologies
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1989-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309039994

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Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Energy Engineering Board,Committee on Advanced Space Based High Power Technologies Pdf

"Star Wars"â€"as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) is dubbedâ€"will require reliable sources of immense amounts of energy to power such advanced weapons as lasers and particle beams. Are such power sources available? This study says no, not yetâ€"and points the way toward the kind of energy research and development that is needed to power SDI. Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions presents a comprehensive and objective view of SDI's unprecedented power requirements and the opportunities we have to meet them in a cost-effective manner.