EFFECTS OF THE REENTRY ENVIRONMENT ON RADIOISOTOPE HEAT SOURCES.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, N. Mex.
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4505297
- Report Number(s):
- SC-DC-68-2161; CONF-681002-1
- NSA Number:
- NSA-22-042976
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(29-1)-789
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: From Nuclear Metallurgical Symposium on Materials for Radioisotope Heat Sources, Gatlinburg, Tenn. UNCL. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-68
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- N24410* -Engineering-Isotope Technology-Power Sources; ATMOSPHERE; BATTERIES; POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RE-ENTRY; SAFETY; SNAP BATTERIES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE VEHICLES; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems; HEAT SOURCES/reentry of radioisotope, environmental effects on intact; SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR AUXILIARY POWER (SNAP)/reentry of radioisotope heat sources after mission aborts, environmental effects on intact
Citation Formats
McAlees, S. Jr.. EFFECTS OF THE REENTRY ENVIRONMENT ON RADIOISOTOPE HEAT SOURCES.. United States: N. p., 1968.
Web. doi:10.2172/4505297.
McAlees, S. Jr.. EFFECTS OF THE REENTRY ENVIRONMENT ON RADIOISOTOPE HEAT SOURCES.. United States. doi:10.2172/4505297.
McAlees, S. Jr.. Mon .
"EFFECTS OF THE REENTRY ENVIRONMENT ON RADIOISOTOPE HEAT SOURCES.". United States.
doi:10.2172/4505297. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4505297.
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