Mass and performance trends of space nuclear power systems

American Nuclear Society Embedded Topical Meeting - 2005 Space Nuclear Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 89-97

  Robinson, Ernest Y ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR DESIGNS; SURFACE NUCLEAR POWER;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 27844471025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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