SPACE NUCLEAR POWER /
NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION
- Operational Considerations for Fission Reactors Utilized on Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Missions to Mars, NASA consultant report, January 2021
- Fission Reactor Inadvertent Reentry, NASA/CR-2019-220397, August 2019
- Space Power Heritage Study Final Results, NASA/CR-2019-220039, February 2019
- Potential Improvements to the Nuclear Safety and Launch Approval Process for Nuclear Reactors Utilized for Space Power and Propulsion Applications, NASA/TM-2019-220256, February 2019
- Operation Taurus on detecting foreign reactors in space, Field Report, September 1983 (declassified by CIA)
- Fuel geometry options for a moderated low-enriched uranium kilowatt-class space nuclear reactor by Leonardo de Holanda Mencarinia and Jeffrey C. King, Nuclear Engineering and Design 340 (2018) 122-132
- Consideration of Low Enriched Uranium Space Reactors by David Lee Black, July 2018
- Powering Exploration: An Update on Radioisotope Production and Lessons Learned from Cassini, hearing before the House Science Committee, October 4, 2017
- Space Exploration: DOE Could Improve Planning and Communication Related to Plutonium-238 and Radioisotope Power Systems Production Challenges, Government Accountability Office report GAO-17-673, September 2017
- White Paper -- Use of LEU for a Space Reactor by David Poston and Patrick McClure, Los Alamos National Laboratory, August 2017
- The Selenide Saga: A Contribution Toward a History of the Selenide Isotope Generator by Gary L. Bennett, July 2016
- A review of the novel "The Martian" by Andy Weir, reviewed by Gary L. Bennett, October 2015
- Development of NASA's Small Fission Power System for Science and Human Exploration, NASA/TM-2015-218460, June 2015
- Nuclear Power Assessment Study by Ralph L. McNutt, Jr., et al, performed for NASA by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, February 2015
- Some Observations On the Use of Space Nuclear Power by Gary L. Bennett, presented to NRC Committee on NASA Technology Roadmaps, 21 March 2011
- On the Development of the Power Sources for the Ulysses and Galileo Missions by Gary L. Bennett, et al, Proceedings of the European Space Power Conference held in Madrid, Spain, 2-6 October 1989
- NERVA Rocket Engine Detail Specification: Performance/Design and Qualification Requirements, Aerojet Nuclear Systems, 1970
- NERVA Program Requirements Document, 1968-70
- Proposed Principles on the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Space by Gary L. Bennett, 1988
- The 1981 United Nations Report: An Historical Consensus on the Safe Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Space by Gary L. Bennett, 1992
- United Nations Deliberations on the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Space: 1978-1987 by Gary L. Bennett, Joseph A. Sholtis, Jr., and Bruce C. Rashkow
- Principles Relevant to the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space, adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on 14 December 1992
- United Nations Consideration of the Use of Space Nuclear Power by Kenneth D. Hodgkins, et al, 1991
- A Technical Review of the U.N. Principles on the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space by Gary L. Bennett, 1995 (briefing slides)
- Summary of the U.S. Ad Hoc Working Group Meeting on Revising the UN Principles on the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space by Gary L. Bennett, 1996 (briefing slides)
- Reaching the outer planets -- with or without the U.N. by Gary L. Bennett, Aerospace America, July 1996
- First Flights: Nuclear Power to Advance Space Exploration by Gary L. Bennett and E.W. Johnson, July 2003
- First Nuclear Generator in Space Still Pushing Out the Signal, Astronautics advertisement, December 1962 (.jpg)
- Space Isotopic Power Systems by Capt. R.T. Carpenter, USAF, Astronautics and Aerospace Engineering, May 1963, courtesy of AIAA
- Survivability Considerations in the Design of Space Power Systems by Gary L. Bennett, 1988
- U.S. Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Operating Experience (June 1961 - December 1982) by Gary L. Bennett, James J. Lombardo, and Bernard J. Rock, U.S. Department of Energy, 1982
- Safety Framework for Nuclear Power Source Applications in Outer Space, International Atomic Energy Agency, August 2009
- Space Nuclear Power: Opening the Final Frontier by Gary L. Bennett, June 2006 (AIAA-2006-4191, presented at the 4th IECEC)
- Nuclear Safety Criteria and Specifications for Space Nuclear Reactors, OSNP-1, August 1982
- Safety Status of Space Radioisotope and Reactor Power Sources by Gary L. Bennett, 1990
- Safety Aspects of Thermoelectrics in Space by Gary L. Bennett, 1995
- Conduct and Results of the Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel's Evaluation of the Ulysses Space Mission by Joseph A. Sholtis, et al, 1991
- Potential Health Risks from Postulated Accidents Involving the Pu-238 RTG on the Ulysses Solar Exploration Mission by Marvin Goldman, et al, 1991
- Mission of Daring: The General-Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator by Gary L. Bennett and James J. Lombardo, et al, June 2006 (AIAA-2006-4096, presented at the 4th IECEC)
- The Timber Wind Special Access Program, Department of Defense Inspector General Audit Report No. 93-033, December 16, 1992
- Soviet Space Nuclear Reactor Incidents: Perception vs. Reality by Gary L. Bennett, Space Nuclear Power Systems 1989, 1992
- The Soviet Space Nuclear Power Program (redacted), Central Intelligence Agency research paper, October 1991
- A Look at the Soviet Space Nuclear Power Program by Gary L. Bennett, 24th lntersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 6-11 August 1989
- Background on Space Nuclear Power by Steven Aftergood, Science and Global Security, 1989, Volume 1.
- Flight Safety Review Process for Space Nuclear Power Sources by Gary L. Bennett, IECEC, August 1987
- Atomic Power in Space: A History, prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, March 1987
- Experience Gained from the Space Nuclear Rocket Program (Rover) by Daniel R. Koenig, Los Alamos National Laboratory report LA-10062-H, May 1986
- Overview of the U. S. Flight Safety Process for Space Nuclear Power by Gary L. Bennett, Nuclear Safety, July-August 1981
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