Kilopower
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kilopower-310-15594471
title:
Kilopower
text:
Kilopower is an experimental U.S. 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 (NNSA). As of 2017, the Kilopower reactors were intended to come in four sizes, able to produce from one to ten kilowatts of electrical power (1–10 kWe) continuously for twelve to fifteen years. The fission reactor uses uranium-235 to generate heat that is carried to the Stirling converters with passive so
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
NASA project aimed at producing a nuclear reactor for space
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilopower
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date modified:
2024-04-26T01:06:00Z
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