The Thermionic System Evaluation Test (TSET) is a ground test of an unfueled Russian TOPAZ‐II in‐core thermionic space reactor powered by electric heaters. The facility that will be used for testing of the TOPAZ‐II systems is located at the New Mexico Engineering Research Institute (NMERI) complex in Albuquerque, NM. The reassembly of the Russian test equipment is the responsibility of International Scientific Products (ISP), a San Jose, CA, company and Inertek, a Russian corporation, with support provided by engineers and technicians from Phillips Laboratory (PL), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and the University of New Mexico (UNM). This test is the first test to be performed under the New Mexico Strategic Alliance agreement. This alliance consists of the PL, SNL, LANL, and UNM. The testing is being funded by the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) with the PL responsible for project execution.
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15 January 1993
10th SymposiumùSpace Nuclear Power and Propulsion
10-14 January 1993
Albuquerque, NM, USA
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January 15 1993
Thermionic system evaluation test (TSET) facility construction: A United States and Russian effort
Scott K. Wold
Scott K. Wold
Sandia National Laboratories, Department 6474, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185‐5800
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AIP Conf. Proc. 271, 731–735 (1993)
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Scott K. Wold; Thermionic system evaluation test (TSET) facility construction: A United States and Russian effort. AIP Conf. Proc. 15 January 1993; 271 (2): 731–735. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.43142
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