[FPSPACE] How to launch large nuclear reactors over Ft. Lauderdale

[E.P. Grondine]

The policy statement:

9. Space Nuclear Power

Where space nuclear power systems safely enable or significantly enhance 
space exploration or operational capabilities, the United States shall 
develop and use these systems. The use of space nuclear power systems shall 
be consistent with U.S. national and homeland security, and foreign policy 
interests, and take into account the potential risks. In that regard:

* Approval by the President or his designee shall be required to launch and 
use United States Government and non-government spacecraft utilizing nuclear 
power sources with a potential for criticality or above a minimum threshold 
of radioactivity, in accordance with the existing interagency review 
process;

To that end, the Secretary of Energy shall: conduct a nuclear safety 
analysis for evaluation by an ad hoc Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel 
which will evaluate the risks associated with launch and in-space 
operations; assist the Secretary of Transportation in the licensing of space 
transportation; provide nuclear safety monitoring to ensure that operations 
in space are consistent with the safety evaluation performed; and maintain 
the capability and infrastructure to develop and furnish nuclear power 
systems for use in United States Government space systems; and

* For government spacecraft, the head of the sponsoring Department or Agency 
shall request launch approval and be responsible for the safe operation of 
the spacecraft in space.

* For the launch and use of non-government spacecraft utilizing nuclear 
power sources, the operator will be responsible for the safe operation of 
the spacecraft in space, including nuclear power sources. To that end:
o The United States Government shall designate a point of entry and develop 
procedures for reviewing non-governmental missions that use space nuclear 
power systems;
o The Secretary of Transportation shall be the licensing authority for U.S. 
commercial launch activities involving nuclear materials, including a 
payload determination, subject to the requirements described above;
o The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will license activities prior to launch 
that involve utilization facilities and nuclear materials not owned by the 
Department of Energy;
o The United States Government will conduct safety analysis, evaluation, and 
nuclear safety monitoring on a fee-for-service basis, to the extent allowed 
by law, where the operator will fully reimburse the United States Government 
entity for services provided; and
o The Secretary of Energy shall establish and implement policies and 
procedures to protect sensitive information regarding the control, 
dissemination, and declassification of space-related nuclear activities.

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SO HOW WOULD A LARGE NUCLEAR REACTOR FOR MANNED FLIGHT TO MARS BE LAUNCHED 
OVER FT. LAUDERDALE?

NASA Administrator makes a request to launch a reactor to Mars
The Secretary of Energy shall maintain the capability and infrastructure to 
develop and furnish nuclear power systems for use in US space systems: the 
Mars reactor.
The Secretary of Energy shall conduct a nuclear safety analysis for 
evaluation by an ad hoc
Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel which will evaluate the risks 
associated with launch and in-space operations. (AD YOU OWN HOC HERE)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will license activities prior to launch 
that involve utilization facilities and nuclear materials not owned by the 
Department of Energy.

The Secretary of Energy shall assist the Secretary of Transportation in the 
licensing of the space transportation.
The Secretary of Energy shall provide nuclear safety monitoring to ensure 
that operations in space are consistent with the safety evaluation (already) 
performed.

For reactors launched to Mars, the NASA Administrator requests launch 
approval and is responsible for the safe operation of the spacecraft in 
space.
Approval by the NASA Administrator shall be required to launch, in 
accordance with the existing interagency review process;

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