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Rh energy to mechanical energy. The potassium is further cooled by flowing through the heat radiators and is then recycled back into the reactor.

The electrical current produced by the spinning turbine is directed to the two (for redundancy) energy storage systems located at either end of the main structural truss. The modules contain flywheels which store the energy in their spin rate, and also provide attitude control by absorbing external torques.

Power output is variable but will need to be a minimum of 250 kW during the in-system phase of the mission to power the communication lasers and computer.