2nd International Seminar on “Space Nuclear Power Engineering of the 21st Century” Announcement Pages: 507 - 508
Presentation by L. D. Ryabev, first deputy of the Ministry of the Russian Federation on Atomic Energy, at the Opening of the Seminar Announcement Pages: 509 - 509
30th anniversary of the startup of Topaz—The first thermionic nuclear reactor in the world G. M. Gryaznov Announcement Pages: 510 - 515
Bimodal solar thermionic power and propulsion system N. N. Ponomarev-StepnoiV. A. UsovE. D. Avdoshin OriginalPaper Pages: 516 - 519
Solar and nuclear transport-power modules for different types of spacecraft A. I. KuzinK. A. PavlovG. A. Shevtsov OriginalPaper Pages: 520 - 524
Planetary nuclear power plant based on a thermionic converter reactor V. V. SinyavskiiV. D. Yuditskii OriginalPaper Pages: 525 - 527
New-generation space thermionic nuclear power systems with out-of-core electricity generating systems V. I. YaryginV. I. IonkinA. N. Chumanov OriginalPaper Pages: 528 - 540
Parametric analysis of a number of space nuclear power systems with a heat-pipe energy-conversion system G. M. GryaznovV. A. EvtikhinV. I. Yarygin OriginalPaper Pages: 541 - 545
High-output thermionic converter based on a metal-oxygen system on the collector D. V. YaryginV. S. MironovV. I. Yarygin OriginalPaper Pages: 546 - 554
Change in the properties of the electrodes of thermionic single-element EGC at the initial stage of operation V. A. Koryukin OriginalPaper Pages: 555 - 564
Lifetime changes in the characteristics of thermionic converters V. R. AgafonovV. I. Yarygin OriginalPaper Pages: 565 - 573
Nonmonotonic potential barrier for electrons inside an adsorbed layer on the collector of a thermionic converter V. N. Sidel’nikov OriginalPaper Pages: 574 - 577
Databank for the current-voltage characteristics of thermionic converters E. G. VinogradovV. S. MironovV. I. Yarygin OriginalPaper Pages: 578 - 582
Development and improvement of thermoelectric generator modules for a space nuclear power system A. I. MarkoliyaN. M. SudakYu. L. Éloshvili OriginalPaper Pages: 583 - 586
Choice of parameters for current conversion systems in high-power space nuclear power systems V. V. OnufrievS. D. GrishinV. V. Sinyavskii OriginalPaper Pages: 587 - 590
High-temperature heat pipes for power modules of space nuclear power systems V. S. Vasil’kovskiiV. P. SmetannikovA. N. Chumanov OriginalPaper Pages: 591 - 595