| Notes |
ANSTO is collaborating with Ouranos Systems, a startup company based at its nandin Innovation Centre, on the development of robust nuclear-based power solutions for satellites and space vehicles 1. The startup is working on a heater unit for use in instruments on the lunar surface 1. ANSTO is providing in-house infrastructure and expertise to support space research 12. Ouranos Systems is also part of a team that received an Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars Demonstrator Feasibility grant to design a radioisotope heater unit for operation during extremely cold lunar nights 1. The project is expected to wrap up in June 1. Longer-term, Ouranos Systems is very interested in the design of compact modular reactors for space applications 1. Reactor heat transfer specialist Dr Mark Ho has an affiliation with Ouranos Systems 1. |