Nuclear power in space is the use of nuclear power in outer space, typically either small fission systems or radioactive decay for electricity or heat...
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Nuclear propulsion includes a wide variety of propulsion methods that use some form of nuclear reaction as their primary power source. Many aircraft carriers...
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Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion...
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list of nuclear power systems in space includes 83 nuclear power systems that were flown to space, or at least launched in an attempt to reach space. Such...
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Systems Nuclear Auxiliary POWER (SNAP) program was a program of experimental radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and space nuclear reactors...
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Radioisotope thermoelectric generator (redirect from Nuclear-powered lighthouses in the Soviet Union)
thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG), or radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of nuclear battery that uses an array of thermocouples to convert...
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SNAP-10A (category Nuclear power in space)
for Nuclear Auxiliary Power, aka Snapshot for Space Nuclear Auxiliary Power Shot, also known as OPS 4682) was a US experimental nuclear powered satellite...
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Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship or submarine with heat provided by a nuclear reactor. The power plant heats water to produce steam for...
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Kilopower (redirect from KiloPower Project)
project to make new nuclear reactors for space travel. The project started in October 2015, led by NASA and the DoE’s National Nuclear Security Administration...
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rockets. In 1944, Stanisław Ulam and Frederic de Hoffmann contemplated the idea of controlling the power of nuclear explosions to launch space vehicles...
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The TOPAZ nuclear reactor is a lightweight nuclear reactor developed for long term space use by the Soviet Union. Cooled by liquid metal, it uses a high-temperature...
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Atomic battery (redirect from Nuclear battery)
An atomic battery, nuclear battery, radioisotope battery or radioisotope generator uses energy from the decay of a radioactive isotope to generate electricity...
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topical guide to nuclear power: Nuclear power – the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about...
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elektrostantsiya; Leningradskaya AES (pronunciation)) is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Sosnovy Bor in Russia's Leningrad Oblast, on the southern shore...
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Space Nuclear Fission Electric Power Systems: Book 3: Space Nuclear Propulsion and Power Joseph A. Angelo & David Buden (1985), Space Nuclear Power NASA/JPL/MSFC/UAH...
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US-A (category Nuclear power in space)
actaastro.2005.03.014. Regina Hagen (8 November 1998). "Summary of space-based nuclear power systems". Retrieved 19 March 2023. positron pollution from TOPAZ...
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BES-5 (category Nuclear power in space)
generator that was used to power 31 satellites in the US-A (RORSAT) project. The heat source was a uranium 235 fast fission nuclear reactor (FNR).[citation...
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Thermionic converter (redirect from Thermionic Power Converter)
integration of thermionic nuclear fuel elements directly into the core of nuclear reactors for production of electrical power in space. The exceptionally high...
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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern...
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spacers[1]. In construction Aerial view Nuclear power in Switzerland List of commercial nuclear reactors#Switzerland Grieves, Shell. "Route To Space Alliance"...
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MHW-RTG (category Nuclear power in space)
Enabled by Radioisotope Power". NASA. September 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022. "Totse.com | Nuclear Power in Space". Archived from the original...
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Multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (category Nuclear power in space)
approximately US$118,000,000. Nuclear technology portal Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator Nuclear power in space Radioisotope thermoelectric generator...
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In the United States, nuclear power is provided by 94 commercial reactors with a net capacity of 97 gigawatts (GW), with 63 pressurized water reactors...
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The Dungeness nuclear power stations are a pair of non-operational nuclear power stations located on the Dungeness headland in the south of Kent, England...
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Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant (Finnish: Olkiluodon ydinvoimalaitos, Swedish: Olkiluoto kärnkraftverk) is one of Finland's two nuclear power plants, the...
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NERVA (redirect from Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application)
a technology base for nuclear rocket engine systems to be utilized in the design and development of propulsion systems for space mission application"....
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Nuclear Plant is a nuclear power plant with a single Westinghouse designed pressurized-water nuclear reactor operated by Duke Energy. It was named in...
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