Light-Weight Radioisotope Heater Unit Safety Analysis Report (LWRHU-SAR). Volume I. A. Introduction and executive summary. B. Reference Design Document (RDD)

Johnson, E W

doi:10.2172/5063463

Title: Light-Weight Radioisotope Heater Unit Safety Analysis Report (LWRHU-SAR). Volume I. A. Introduction and executive summary. B. Reference Design Document (RDD)

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The orbiter and probe portions of the NASA Galileo spacecraft contain components which require auxiliary heat during the mission. To meet these needs, the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Special Nuclear Projects (OSNP) has sponsored the design, fabrication, and testing of a one-watt encapsulated plutonium dioxide-fueled thermal heater named the Light-Weight Radioisotope Heater Unit (LWRHU). This report addresses the radiological risks which might be encountered by people both at the launch area and worldwide should postulate mission failures or malfunctions occur, which would result in the release of the LWRHUs to the environment. Included are data from the design, mission descriptions, postulated accidents with their consequences, test data, and the derived source terms and personnel exposures for the various events.

Authors:: Johnson, E W

Publication Date:: Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

Research Org.:: Mound Plant (MOUND), Miamisburg, OH (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 5063463

Report Number(s):: MLM-3293-Vol.1
ON: DE86001457

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-76DP00053

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPE HEAT SOURCES; SAFETY; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; ACCIDENTS; FAILURES; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; DOSES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAT SOURCES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; POWER SUPPLIES; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems; 070300* - Isotopic Power Supplies

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                    Johnson, E W. Light-Weight Radioisotope Heater Unit Safety Analysis Report (LWRHU-SAR). Volume I. A. Introduction and executive summary. B. Reference Design Document (RDD).  United States: N. p., 1985. 
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                    Johnson, E W. Light-Weight Radioisotope Heater Unit Safety Analysis Report (LWRHU-SAR). Volume I. A. Introduction and executive summary. B. Reference Design Document (RDD).  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/5063463

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        "Light-Weight Radioisotope Heater Unit Safety Analysis Report (LWRHU-SAR). Volume I. A. Introduction and executive summary. B. Reference Design Document (RDD)".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/5063463.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5063463.

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