Yenisei , Topaz-2 [6] - a nuclear power plant was produced by the Central Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering . [3] [2] The installation was a development of the idea realized in the installations of the Buk series. [5] The installation did not go into series, [7] was not put into space. [3] [2]
| Yenisei | |
|---|---|
| Topaz-2 | |
| Purpose of installation | KA |
| Technical specifications | |
| Electric power | 10 kW [1] |
| Energy conversion system | thermionic [2] |
| Total operating time | from 1.5 to 3 years [2] |
| Development | |
| Scientific part | Kurchatov Institute [3] [4] |
| Company-developer | "Central Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering" [3] |
| Project Novelty | singleton EGCs [2] |
| Production and operation | |
| Place of production |  Russia [5] |
| Installations completed | 2 [2] |
History
The installations were carried out by the Central Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering in cooperation with enterprises, the Kurchatov Institute , [4] NPO Luch , PNITI, SIPT. [3] Installation of installations was completed by a cycle of ground tests, including six nuclear energy tests with a resource confirmation of about one and a half years, with resource prediction based on the results of opening and studying the elemental base, up to three or more years. [2] For flight tests, two samples and several products for developing docking with spacecraft were developed. [2] Due to the reduction in funding, flight tests were not carried out, the created samples were used in joint work with the USA . [2] [3] They were sold by NASA in 1992 [8] for $ 13 million, where they were tested and were tested, but did not go into space. [7] In the USA, their thermionic reactors were created on the basis of the Yenisei installations in order to supply them with their military satellites. [8] In 1994, the installations were located in the Philips laboratory center where bench tests were carried out. [3] There are opinions according to which the design documentation for the Yenisei (Topaz-2) program was on board the sunken ferry “ Estonia ” in one of the vehicles prohibited for search. [9]
Description
A variant of a thermionic nuclear power plant with single-element EGCs, [2] which is a development of the Buk series design. [5] Installations of the Topaz and Yenisei series are similar in parameters, but have structural differences. [3]
People
- An employee of the Kurchatov Institute Nikolay Ponomaryov-Stepnoy took part in the creation of the world's first reactor-converter Romashka with a thermoelectric generator, the Yenisei Topaz-2 installation. [four]
See also
- Spacecraft Nuclear Reactors
Notes
- ↑ Nuclear power in space
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Realizing the dream
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nuclear technology market
- ↑ 1 2 3 Who was born on December 3
- ↑ 1 2 3 "Daughters" of "Roskosmos" and "Rosatom" deleted data about reactors for space
- ↑ “A Flying Atomic Laboratory Was Created”
- ↑ 1 2 “World evil” is made from Russia. “World evil” is made from Russia.
- ↑ Estonia: ends in water