The SP-100 Nuclear Reactor Program

Should It Be Continued? Gao ID: T-NSIAD-92-15 March 12, 1992

The SP-100 Space Nuclear Reactor Program was created to develop technology for space reactor power systems used in future NASA and Defense Department space missions. The program has been struggling, and the government is at a point at which it must decide whether to continue it. GAO's testimony discusses (1) the program's past and projected costs, (2) missions identified by potential users of the technology, (3) recent events that raise questions about the program's continued viability, and (4) possible options for the program's future.



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