Press Briefing To Be Held April 19 for Prometheus Nuclear Program

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04.12.05

Michael Braukus
NASA Headquarters
(202) 358-1979

George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(321) 861-7643

RELEASE: 33-05

PRESS BRIEFING TO BE HELD APRIL 19 FOR PROMETHEUS NUCLEAR PROGRAM

A Notice of Intent (NOI) for NASA's Prometheus Nuclear Systems and 
Technology program was released March 30 for public comment that ends 
May 31, 2005. A press briefing will be held at 10 a.m. EDT on April 
19 at the NASA-KSC News Center to acquaint the media with the 
Prometheus program. 

NASA, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), intends 
to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) 
regarding research and development activities associated with space 
nuclear reactors for electric power production on a robotic 
spacecraft for potential future civilian NASA missions. The PEIS will 
be developed in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
and will discuss the purpose and need for space nuclear reactors to 
produce on-board power for instrument and propulsion needs to support 
the Vision for Space Exploration. The PEIS also will evaluate known 
and reasonably foreseeable power technologies to determine whether or 
not they are practical alternatives for producing sufficient 
spacecraft power for future exploration missions. 

At 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on April 19, NASA will host public meetings at 
the Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa, where the general public 
can comment on the PEIS and learn more about the Prometheus program. 
Since the public meetings are focused on interactions with the 
public, we ask the media to defer interviews with NASA and DOE 
officials until after each public meeting. 

Participating in the media briefing will be: 

James Garvin, Ph.D., NASA Chief Scientist,
NASA Headquarters, Washington


Ray Taylor, Prometheus Nuclear Systems and Technology Program 
Director,
NASA Headquarters, Washington


James Mosquera, Deputy Program Manager for Space Reactors,
Department of Energy - Naval Reactors, Washington 


The Notice of Intent is available on the Web at: 

http://exploration.nasa.gov/programs/prometheus/peis/peis_noi.html 

Unbadged news media needing accreditation for the press briefing 
should go to: 

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov/ 

For further information, contact the NASA-KSC News Center at 
321-867-2468.

	
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