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Space reactors [electronic resource] : What is a kilogram

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Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1984.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 13 : digital, PDF file
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Los Alamos National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The use of nuclear electric propulsion can triple payloads to GEO for a single Shuttle launch. Life orbits of 300 years can be used to allow most of the fission and activation products to decay before a reactor reenters the biosphere. Enough radioactive materials remain with very long lifetimes to make it desirable to design the reactor to disperse upon reentry and little additional risk to the biosphere is introduced by initiating NEP operations from 300 km.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:la-ur-84-1378
E 1.99: conf-840804-20
conf-840804-20
la-ur-84-1378
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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1984.
"la-ur-84-1378"
" conf-840804-20"
"DE84012656"
Intersociety energy conversion engineering conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19 Aug 1984.
Voss, S.; Buden, D.; Angelo, J. Jr.; Ek, D.
Funding Information
W-7405-ENG-36
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