ORNL Produces Iridium Cladding for NASA’s Deep Space Missions

Multimedia · 15 September 2017

OSTI ID:1400249

Ulrich, George ^[1]

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1. USDOE

Since the late 1980s, ORNL has been producing clad vent sets for NASA. Made from iridium, they house the plutonium-238 fuel used for deep space missions.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA)
• OSTI ID: 1400249
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
CLAD VENT SET
DEEP SPACE MISSIONS
IRIDIUM
NASA
ORNL
PLUTONIUM-238