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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Systems_Nuclear_Auxiliary_Power_Program/C06sfFEG">Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power Program</a> and <a href="/facts/SNAP-10A/GBUqQYUU">SNAP-10A</a>, that flew in 1965</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Safe_Affordable_Fission_Engine/Y0JrF3kF">Safe Affordable Fission Engine</a>, a later project</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Kilopower/zcWrL12L">Kilopower</a>, a later small space reactor</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Acronyms: SP-100 means Space reactor prototype <a href="http://www.allacronyms.com/SP-100/Space_reactor_prototype" target="_blank">http://www.allacronyms.com/SP-100/Space_reactor_prototype</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"SP-100 Advanced Technology Program". NASA. Retrieved Oct 27, 2024. <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19870013594" target="_blank">https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19870013594</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>SP-100, the US Space Nuclear Reactor Power Program, Technical information report.  Available at Energy Citations Database <a href="https://www.osti.gov/energycitations/purl.cover.jsp?purl=/10184691/SP-100,theUSSpaceNuclearReactorPowerProgram.Technicalinformationreport.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.osti.gov/energycitations/purl.cover.jsp?purl=/10184691/SP-100,theUSSpaceNuclearReactorPowerProgram.Technicalinformationreport.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Stănculescu, Adrian (2005). The Role of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Propulsion in the Peaceful Exploration (PDF). Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency. pp. 21–22. ISBN 92-0-107404-2. Retrieved 2009-02-24. <a href="92-0-107404-2" target="_blank">92-0-107404-2</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Mason, Lee; Bailey, Sterling; Bechtel, Ryan; Elliott, John; Fleurial, Jean-Pierre; Houts, Mike; Kapernick, Rick; Lipinski, Ron; MacPherson, Duncan; Moreno, Tom; Nesmith, Bill; Poston, Dave; Qualls, Lou; Radel, Ross; Weitzberg, Abraham; Werner, Jim (18 November 2010). "Small Fission Power System Feasibility Study — Final Report". NASA/DOE. Retrieved 3 October 2015. The SP-100 program objective was to develop the technologies needed for a broad range of space missions requiring a high power-to-weight ratio with nominal 100 kWe power output. The program began in 1982 and was terminated by Congress in 1994. A high temperature (1350 K) refractory alloy heat transport system with thermoelectric power conversion was designed, uranium nitride fuel was fabricated and irradiated to 6% burnup, and significant amounts of hardware and electronics were successfully tested. <a href="http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=32899.0;attach=543853" target="_blank">http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=32899.0;attach=543853</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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