NASA NTRS · 19880014983
Multimegawatt Nuclear Power System for Lunar Base Applications
Abstract
A multimegawatt nuclear power system for lunar surface applications is presented. The design requirements were to produce 3 MWe on the Moon for an operational lifetime of 10 years without human intervention. The system uses an inert-gas-cooled fuel pin reactor as the heat source, a regenerative Brayton cycle as the power converter and a liquid droplet radiator as the thermal management system, and has a specific power of 66 W/kg.
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B Trueblood, R Pressentin, A P Bruckner, A Hertzberg. 1987-01-01. Multimegawatt Nuclear Power System for Lunar Base Applications. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19880014983
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