The Thermionic Fuel Element Test Rig is designed for non‐nuclear testing of individual single cell thermionic fuel elements utilizing electric heaters as a part of the Thermionic System Evaluation Test (TSET) Facility, at the New Mexico Engineering Research Institute (NMERI), in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The test rig was purchased from the Republic of Russia and assembled jointly by Russian and American specialists from JV Inertek, a Russian Corporation and the New Mexico Strategic Alliance (Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the University of New Mexico). Initial certification testing and system qualifications testing were completed in December 1992. In the fall of 1993, US personnel completed certification as operators of the test rig and conducted additional testing to verify previous results. The testing is being funded by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) and is being executed by the Air Force Phillips Laboratory.
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1 July 1994
SPACE NUCLEAR POWER AND PROPULSION: Eleventh Symposium
9–13 January 1994
Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)
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July 01 1994
Thermionic Fuel Element Test Rig: Testing of Single Cell Thermionic Fuel Element Technology
David W. Luchau;
David W. Luchau
Team Specialty Products Corporation Thermionic System Evaluation Test (TSET) 901 University Boulevard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106
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Hoby D. Follis;
Hoby D. Follis
Team Specialty Products Corporation Thermionic System Evaluation Test (TSET) 901 University Boulevard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106
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Christopher A. Schreiber;
Christopher A. Schreiber
Team Specialty Products Corporation Thermionic System Evaluation Test (TSET) 901 University Boulevard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106
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Oleg L. Izhvanov;
Oleg L. Izhvanov
JV Inertek, Moscow, Russia Thermionic System Evaluation Test (TSET) 901 University Boulevard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106
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Valeri I. Vibivanets;
Valeri I. Vibivanets
JV Inertek, Moscow, Russia Thermionic System Evaluation Test (TSET) 901 University Boulevard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106
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Victor N. Androsov;
Victor N. Androsov
JV Inertek, Moscow, Russia Thermionic System Evaluation Test (TSET) 901 University Boulevard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106
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Eugeni O. Shadrin
Eugeni O. Shadrin
JV Inertek, Moscow, Russia Thermionic System Evaluation Test (TSET) 901 University Boulevard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106
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AIP Conf. Proc. 301, 1031–1036 (1994)
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David W. Luchau, Hoby D. Follis, Christopher A. Schreiber, Oleg L. Izhvanov, Valeri I. Vibivanets, Victor N. Androsov, Eugeni O. Shadrin; Thermionic Fuel Element Test Rig: Testing of Single Cell Thermionic Fuel Element Technology. AIP Conf. Proc. 1 July 1994; 301 (1): 1031–1036. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2950099
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