Aging effects of US space nuclear systems in orbit
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This report presents information and data in support of a cost-benefit analysis being performed by Fair child Industries (FI) on the feasibility of retrieving existing US space nuclear systems in earth orbit by the Space Shuttle. This report evaluates, for US space nuclear systems presently in orbit, the radioisotopic inventory and external radiation field as a function of time, the effect of aging on fuel containment materials over the projected lifetime of the system, and the possible radioac…
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Date:
May 14, 1982
Creator:
Bartram, B. W.; Huang, R.; Tammara, S. R. & Thielke, N. R.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department