Quarterly report on the strontium heat source development program, Advanced Systems and Materials Production Division for October--December 1978.
Description:
The 20,000-hr compatibility tests using WESF /sup 90/SrF/sub 2/ have been completed. The test capsules were shipped to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and metallographic examination of the test specimens is now underway. Work continues on the final design of the prototype outer capsule. Efforts are underway to obtain the Hastelloy S and Hastelloy C-4 to be used in fabricating the prototype outer capsules. Puncture testing of the stand-in steel outer capsule was carried out without damage t…
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Date:
January 1, 1979
Creator:
Fullam, H. T.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department