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Quarterly Meeting, 20 Sep 13


Speaker: Patrick R. McClure, LANL

Topic: Design and Testing of Small Nuclear Reactors for Defense and Space Applications [winner of a 2013 R&D-100 award].

Meeting announcement: Flyer with abstract and speaker bio

Speaker's slides:
Design and Testing of Small Nuclear Reactors for Defense and Space Applications [12.7 MB]
(posted with permission; please do not redeploy without the speaker's concurrence)

Speaker's related materials:

YouTube video:
Small Reactor for Deep Space Exploration

WIRED magazine articles (copies do not include all embedded content):

  • NASA's Plutonium Problem Could End Deep-Space Exploration (Dave Mosher, 09.19.13, WIRED) [copy, link]
  • New Nuclear Engine Could Power Deep-Space Exploration (Adam Mann, 11.27.12, WIRED) [copy, link]
  • Nuclear Battery Will Warm Giant Rover on Frigid Mars Treks (Adam Mann, 11.22.11, WIRED) [copy, link]
  • Plutonium Is Hot Suspect in Pioneer Spacecraft Mystery (by WIRED UK, 07.26.11) [copy, link]
  • The Greatest Nuclear-Powered Space Missions of All Time (Dave Mosher, 09.19.13) [copy, link]
  • Timeline: Plutonium-238's Hot and Twisted History (Dave Mosher, 09.19.13, WIRED) [direct link only because of animation]

Under construction. Additional information and photos from the meeting will be placed here.


Last modified June 12, 2024, 9:58am CDT

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