The draft design of a spaceship with nuclear powerplant will be completed by the end of 2012 and the design if its nuclear reactor – in 2011, said CEO of Keldysh Research Center, Anatoly Koroteev, RIA Novosti reports.

"The draft design of reactor plant will be completed in 2011 and according to plan we should complete the design draft of the whole ship in 2012", - said Koroteev.

The Keldysh Research Center has presented a line of electroplasma engines and electrocomposites for turbines and nozzles of the “future ship” at MAKS-2011.

"Here at MAKS we are demonstrating the line of electroplasma engines developed in different years and we are making conclusions that we are able to reach the required power for the future project", - the academician said.

In addition, we are presenting the line of electrocomposites at the show for the first time. These materials are intended for development of high-temperature turbines and nozzles", - said Koroteev. According to him, the Keldysh Research Center must complete the physic-mathematical modeling of the space system with nuclear engine in 2012.

"The most difficult problem today is the development of cooler-transducer. It is a very stressed block of the nuclear powerplant. We have made a good progress in this direction: besides the layout of cooler-transducer on the stage of draft design we have chosen the special liquid, which is able to work in the outer space. Its designation is too complicated so I cannot pronounce it, but I can tell you that it is an organo-liquid composition, which is providing radiation stability during spaceflight", - said Koroteev.

The head of Keldysh Research Center reminded that, the start of ground testing of the spaceship with nuclear engine is planned on the end of 2014 and it should be completed in 2015.

"In addition, the model of electrical generator with noncontact rotor will be completed within the project’s framework in 2011. The models of turbo compressor should also be completed this year", - Koroteev noted.

Speaking about financing the academician said: "It was a hard period last year since the financing from Roscosmos was very low – only 70 million rubles and 40 of them were paid to Energia for development of its part of the program. But the financing has been increased this year. We have enough money now", - Koroteev concluded.