The Experimental Gas Cooled Reactor (EGCR) facility and the supporting technical infrastructure at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have the capabilities of performing ground tests of space nuclear power reactor systems. A candidate test would be a 10 MWt lithium cooled reactor, generating potassium vapor that would drive a power turbine. The facility is a large containment vessel originally intended to test the EGCR. Large, contained, and shielded spaces are available for testing, assembly, disassembly, and post‐test examination.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Space power reactor ground test in the experimental gas cooled reactor (EGCR) at Oak Ridge


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    10th SymposiumùSpace Nuclear Power and Propulsion ; 1993 ; Albuquerque, NM, USA


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 271 , 2 ; 859-866


    Publication date :

    1993-01-15


    Size :

    8 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




    Space Power Reactor Ground Test in the Experimental Gas Cooled Reactor (EGCR) at Oak Ridge

    Fontana, M. H. / Holcomb, R. S. / Cooper, R. H. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993


    Liquid Metal Cooled Reactor for Space Power

    Weitzberg, A. / Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2003


    Gas-Cooled Reactor for Space Power Systems

    Walter, Carl E. / Pearson, John S. | AIAA | 1987


    2003 program - EGCR, 31st Annual Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable

    Eastern Gas Compression Roundtable | TIBKAT | 2003


    Solid-Core, Gas-Cooled Reactor for Space and Surface Power

    King, J. C. / El-Genk, M. S. / American Institute of Physics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006