Radiation Testing at Sandia National Laboratories: Sandia – JPL Collaboration for Europa Lander

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1340636· OSTI ID:1340636

Hattar, Khalid Mikhiel ^[1]; Olszewska-Wasiolek, Maryla Aleksandra ^[2]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Ion Beam Lab.
2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Gamma Irradiation Facility

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is assisting Jet Propulsion Laboratory in undertaking feasibility studies and performance assessments for the Planetary Protection aspect of the Europa Lander mission. The specific areas of interest for this project are described by task number. This white paper presents the evaluation results for Task 2, Radiation Testing, which was stated as follows: Survey SNL facilities and capabilities for simulating the Europan radiation environment and assess suitability for: A. Testing batteries, electronics, and other component and subsystems B. Exposing biological organisms to assess their survivability metrics. The radiation environment the Europa Lander will encounter on route and in orbit upon arrival at its destination consists primarily of charged particles, energetic protons and electrons with the energies up to 1 GeV. The charged particle environments can be simulated using the accelerators at the Ion Beam Laboratory. The Gamma Irradiation Facility and its annex, the Low Dose Rate Irradiation Facility, offer irradiations using Co-60 gamma sources (1.17 and 1.33 MeV), as well as Cs-137 gamma (0.661 MeV) AmBe neutron (0-10 MeV) sources.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1340636
• Report Number(s): SAND2017-0592R; 650568; TRN: US1701825
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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