SP100 space reactor design

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-359

  Demuth, Scott F ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

NASA; Nuclear; Reactor; SP100; Space

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ORBITS; SPACE RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

SPACE REACTORS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0141956992     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-1970(03)90003-5     Document Type: Article

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