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The Kilopower technology was developed at the laboratory in partnership with NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration. Patrick McClure, who served as project lead for Kilopower at Los Alamos and is now a partner in SpaceNukes, said that by creating a new company, Kilopower’s founders are hoping to be able to reach potential new sponsors “who will want to take this technology to the next level and put it into space”.
Kilopower is a small, lightweight fission power system capable of providing various ranges of power depending on the need. For example, SpaceNukes offers low-kilowatt reactors to power deep space missions, middle-range reactors in the tens of kilowatts to power a lunar or martian habitat, and much larger reactors in the hundreds of kilowatts that could make enough propellant for a rocket to return to Earth after a stay on Mars.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 07 November 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/new-us-company-to-develop-los-alamos-kilopower-reactor-11-5-2020
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has agreed to license Kilopower space reactor technology to New Mexico company Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes), which aims to commercialise the technology for use in space in the next few years.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 07 November 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Los-Alamos-spin-off-to-commercialise-space-reactor
US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) said on 24 August that Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) had initiated contract negotiations with a team led by Bechtel National Inc (BNI) to support the design and build phase of the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR). The BNI team also includes TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 01 September 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbechtel-selected-for-contract-talks-on-us-test-reactor-8109828
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The rover, which will be powered by a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG) developed at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), will land on Mars to begin exploration in February 2021.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 July 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-powered-rover-sets-off-for-Mars
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy has delivered its latest nuclear power system to the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida - the site of NASA’s planned Mars 2020 launch later this summer.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 16 June 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-delivers-power-system-for-nasa-mars-launch-7973497
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has delivered the nuclear power system for the Perseverance rover for NASA's Mars 2020 mission which is due to launch next month. The Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG) was fuelled, built and tested by DOE's national laboratories.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 13 June 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-power-system-delivered-for-Mars-rover-laun
The US Department of Energy (DOE), last week, announced the winners of $32 million in funding for 15 nuclear fusion research projects.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 April 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-announces-funding-for-lower-cost-fusion-concepts-7872066
Five US National Laboratories will play a key role in a consortium tasked with harnessing the power of supercomputers to combat COVID-19, Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said in a video address yesterday. President Donald Trump announced the launch of the consortium on 23 March. The five are Argonne, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Sandia.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-National-Laboratories-supercomputers-to-help-CO
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced USD49.3 million in funding for nuclear energy research, facility access, crosscutting technology development, and infrastructure for 58 advanced nuclear technology projects in 25 states.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 28 June 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-announces-funding-for-nuclear-energy-R-D
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on 2 May that it had completed a full power test of its Kilopower reactor, which exceeded government expectations.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnasa-announces-successful-test-of-its-kilopower-reactor-6141223