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Figure 6-1: Example of buried reactor core.<br />

Figure 6-2: LM reactor design (L) and GC reactor design (R)<br />

HMM<br />

Assessment Study<br />

Report: CDF-20(A)<br />

February 2004<br />

page 407 of 422<br />

The liquid metal cooled reactor (LMR) with thermoelectric power conversion and radiative head<br />

rejection system was considered more conservative than the gas-cooled particle bed rector<br />

(GCR) with a Brayton cycle and forced convection waste head removal using the Martian<br />

atmosphere. The LMR was thus chosen as the prime choice, leaving the GCR design as the more<br />

advanced alternative.<br />

6.5 Reactor operation

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