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NASA demos little nuclear power plant to help find little green men

John Smith 19 Gold badge

It's the "Son of SL-1" to be used by American squaddies in space...

No. It's designed to have the control rod in 2 positions. In or out.

Most of power tracking is done by the Stirlings pulling more or less heat from the system.

The team behind KRUSTY are very aware of the SL-1 situation and prompt criticallity issues.

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