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Title: Mission: Space Plutonium-238 Heat Sources for NASA

Abstract

This document describes the radioactive heat source and generator used in the building of NASA space craft.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1257090
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-23903
TRN: US1601484
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES; PLUTONIUM 238; NASA; RADIOISOTOPE HEAT SOURCES; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; SPACE VEHICLES; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems; Radioisotope Thermal Generator

Citation Formats

Hollis, Rebecca Vincent. Mission: Space Plutonium-238 Heat Sources for NASA. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.2172/1257090.
Hollis, Rebecca Vincent. Mission: Space Plutonium-238 Heat Sources for NASA. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1257090
Hollis, Rebecca Vincent. 2016. "Mission: Space Plutonium-238 Heat Sources for NASA". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1257090. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257090.
@article{osti_1257090,
title = {Mission: Space Plutonium-238 Heat Sources for NASA},
author = {Hollis, Rebecca Vincent},
abstractNote = {This document describes the radioactive heat source and generator used in the building of NASA space craft.},
doi = {10.2172/1257090},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1257090}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}