Engineering Test Plan for SP-100 Test SP-2; HEDL-TC-2670, Rev. 1
Richland, WA: Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory, Operated by Westinghouse Hanford Company, 1985. Presumed first printing of Rev. 1. Wraps. iii, 26, 1 pages. This document is printed single-sided. Staple bound on the left side. Front cover has some writing. The Patent Status disclaimer is understood to be no longer operative for a 1985 document. Lines in margin are understood to indicate where changes were made in Rev. 1 from the initial version. This Engineering Test Plan (ETP) specified the engineering requirements for SP-2 test which shall be irradiated in EBR-II to help establish the material feasibility for space-based nuclear power. The test shall contain both U02 and UN fuel. The SP-2 test in EBR-II was to use S-1-A test hardware. The test assembly was to contain four fuel assemblies. Each fuel assembly was to contain two fuel capsules, each of which was to contain a fuel pin. Two fuel assemblies were to contain fuel pins using UN fuel and two fuel assemblies were to contain fuel pins using UO2 fuel. The test plan addressed organizational responsibilities, test article specifications (material, fabrication, finished product, and acceptance inspection requirements). The test plan also addressed supporting procedures, test article characterization requirements, data package requirements, Archive sample requirements, packing, handling and shipping requirements, and quality assurance requirements. The plan also included test articles drawings and address postirradiation pin examinations (interim and final. Lastly, the plan addressed documentation in terms of quality records and reports. DARPA. in conjunction with DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy, and NASA's Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology are jointly sponsoring a space nuclear reactor power system program known as the Space Power 100 (SP-100) Development Project. SP-100 (Space reactor Prototype was a U.S. research program for nuclear fission reactors usable as small fission power systems for spacecraft. It was started in 1983 by NASA, the US Department of Energy and other agencies. A reactor was developed with heat pipes transporting the heat to thermoelectric generators. It was cooled with lithium. The project never advanced to flight hardware and was terminated in 1994. An overriding concern in conducting this program is to ensure that nuclear safety is being properly addressed even in these early stages. Condition: Good.
Keywords: SP-100, Space-based Nuclear Power, Spacecraft, Power System, Test Assembly, Test Plan, SP-2, Test Article, Material Specification, Quality Assurance
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