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Title: SNAP 7B--STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE. THIRTY- WATT U.S. COAST GUARD AUTOMATIC LIGHT STATION. Final Report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4661755· OSTI ID:4661755

The objectives of the SNAP 7B program were to design, manufacture, test and deliver a thirty-watt electric generating system for a U. S. Coast Guard Automatic Light Station. This report describes the sixty-watt, strontium90 thermoelectric generator, the converter, the batteries, and the installation of the generator into the container. The electrical tests of the generator and of the system, the shock and vibration tests, and the tests at the environmental temperature extremes are discussed. (auth)

Research Organization:
Martin-Marietta Corp. Aerospace Div., Baltimore
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AT(30-3)-217
NSA Number:
NSA-17-035221
OSTI ID:
4661755
Report Number(s):
MND-P-2836
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English