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Use of Ni63 overvoltage gap switches in the flight-termination systems on boosters launched from US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6487300
This Environmental Assessment documents the results of an analysis of the potential for and the magnitude of impacts resulting from using Overvoltage Gap Switches containing Ni63 radioisotopes in the Flight Termination System of the Ground-Based Interceptor Boosters launched from the U.S. Army kwajalein Atoll.
Research Organization:
Army Strategic Defense Command, Huntsville, AL (USA)
OSTI ID:
6487300
Report Number(s):
AD-A-223866/5/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540130* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ENGINES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EQUIPMENT
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INTERCEPTION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MATERIALS
MILITARY FACILITIES
NICKEL 63
NICKEL ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
OVERVOLTAGE
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOISOTOPES
ROCKET ENGINES
SWITCHES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES