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Appendix D Acronyms
Pages 71-72

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... ISS International Space Station ISUS Integrated Solar Upper Stage (Orbital Vehicle program) LEO low Earth orbit JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory MHD magnetohydrodynamic MPD magnetoplasmadynamic MTC microminiature thermionic converter NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NMERI New Mexico Engineering Research Institute NRC National Research Council RTG radioisotope thermoelectric generator SRA Scientific Research Association SDIO Strategic Defense Initiative Office SET Solar Energy Technology (program)
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... TEE thermionic fuel element TFEV Thermionic Fuel Element Verification (program) TOPAZ thermionic power from the active zone (a Russian acronym)
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