TEM (nuclear propulsion)

TEM (Russian: Транспортно-энергетический модуль, "transport and energy module\unit", NPPS in English) is an under development nuclear propulsion spacecraft with the intention to facilitate the transportation of large cargoes in deep space.[2] It will be constructed by the Russian Keldysh Research Center,[3] NIKIET (Research and Design Institute of Power Engineering) institute,[4] and Rosatom.

Transport and Energy Module (TEM)
Generation Generation IV
Reactor conceptGas-cooled reactor (GCR)
Designed byKeldysh Research Center
Rosatom
Roscosmos
NIKIET institute
Manufactured byKeldysh Research Center
NIKIET institute
StatusUnder development
Main parameters of the reactor core
Fuel (fissile material)Information missing
Fuel stateSolid
Neutron energy spectrumThermal
Primary coolanthelium 78% - xenon 22% [1]
Reactor usage
Primary useGeneration of electricity for propulsion
Power (thermal)3.8 MW
Power (electric)1 MWe (BWR-1)

Mission

A Russian project to create an uncrewed nuclear electric rocket spaceship for Solar system exploration. The first reactor tests are scheduled for the early 2020s; as of May 2020, the first orbital flight test of the reactor is planned for no earlier than 2030.[3]

Specifications

Reactor

Spacecraft

Project history

2009 - Project started.

March 2016 - First batch of nuclear fuel received

October 2018 - Successful initial tests of the water droplet radiator system

See also

References
  1. Ядерные реакторы в космосе: ТЭМ
  2. "Russian Space Agency confirms plans to launch nuclear-powered space tug by 2030". SpaceDaily. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. "Рогозин посчитал перспективы создаваемого ядерного буксира гигантскими" [Rogozin gives consideration to the prospect of a large nuclear space tug]. TASS (in Russian). 27 May 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  4. "DailyTech - Russia is Developing Nuclear Fission Spaceship to Reach the Red Planet". Dailytech.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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