DescriptionNORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL CORPORATION Atomics International Division 8900 DeSoto Avenue Canoga Park, California 91304 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SPACE REACTOR — This is the type of compact nuclear reactor (S8DR) that can produce electrical power for use in space. About the size of a 50-gallon drum, the zirconium hydride reactor was built for the AEC by North American Rockwell's Atomics International Division in Canoga Park, Calif. This type of reactor could provide electricity (25 to 50 kw.) for orbiting space stations, deep space scientific probes and bases on the moon as well as for remote terrestrial uses. A reactor similar to this is now undergoing a year-long test in an underground vacuum chamber. WCL050669 SUBJECT: SPACE REACTOR
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