Space Nuclear Power Corporation Awarded DARPA Agreement for Ground Test of Autonomous Nuclear Reacto

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Space Nuclear Power Corporation Awarded DARPA Agreement for Ground Test of Autonomous Nuclear Reactor Controller

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Space Nuclear Power Corporation received a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency agreement to conduct a ground test for an autonomous reactor control system. The project builds upon the 2018 Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology demonstration and aims to advance reliable fission power options for future space and national security missions.

/PRNewswire/ -- Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) announced today that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company...

Other Transaction Agreement to advance active reactor control through a follow-on ground test of Kilopower reactor technology

The award extends a continuous line of nuclear power development and builds directly on SpaceNukes' successful nuclear power demonstration heritage. In 2018, key members of the SpaceNukes team, while employed by Los Alamos National Laboratory and NASA, performed the foundational Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTY) work — conducting the only full-power ground test of a new American space reactor in five decades. Under the current agreement, SpaceNukes and Los Alamos National...

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