NASA Releases Space Nuclear Power Study

NASA Releases Space Nuclear Power Study: NASA released a long-awaited study that examines the prospects for the use of nuclear power in civilian space missions over the next 20 years. The Nuclear Power Assessment Study concludes that there is a continuing demand for radioisotope power systems, which have been used in deep space exploration for decades, but that there is no imminent requirement for a new fission reactor program. The 177-page study was prepared for NASA by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; had been completed several months ago but was withheld from public release due to unspecified “security concerns.” http://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2015/06/nasa-npas/