Nuclear electric propulsion development and qualification facilities

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Nov 1991

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Presented at the 9th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems, Albuquerque, NM, 13-16 Jan. 1992

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Laboratories, Nuclear Electric Propulsion, Propulsion System Configurations, Propulsion System Performance, Qualifications, Space Power Reactors, Test Facilities, Acceptability, Cargo, Defense Program, Deployment, Energy Conversion, Launch Dates, Nasa Programs, Power Conditioning, Priorities, Universities

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This paper summarizes the findings of a Tri-Agency panel consisting of members from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) that were charged with reviewing the status and availability of facilities to test components and subsystems for megawatt-class nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) systems. The facilities required to support development of NEP are available in NASA centers, DOE laboratories, and industry. However, several key facilities require significant and near-term modification in order to perform the testing required to meet a 2014 launch date. For the higher powered Mars cargo and piloted missions, the priority established for facility preparation is: (1) a thruster developmental testing facility, (2) a thruster lifetime testing facility, (3) a dynamic energy conversion development and demonstration facility, and (4) an advanced reactor testing facility (if required to demonstrate an advanced multiwatt power system). Facilities to support development of the power conditioning and heat rejection subsystems are available in industry, federal laboratories, and universities. In addition to the development facilities, a new preflight qualifications and acceptance testing facility will be required to support the deployment of NEP systems for precursor, cargo, or piloted Mars missions. Because the deployment strategy for NEP involves early demonstration missions, the demonstration of the SP-100 power system is needed by the early 2000's.

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