The SP-100 Nuclear Reactor Program: Should It Be Continued?

Abstract

The Department of Energy (DOE), NASA, and DOD have jointly invested over $420 million' in the SP-100 program since its inception infiscal year 1983. While agency officials believe that technical progress has been achieved, challenges remain.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 12, 1992
Accession Number
AD1171038

Entities

People

  • Mark Gebicke

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charge Carriers
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electric Power
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Fuels
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Power Converters
  • Power Levels
  • Space Missions
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Test Facilities
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security