General-purpose heat source project, space nuclear safety program, and radioisotopic terrestrial safety program
Abstract
The use of (Pu-238)O2 in radioisotopic power systems is considered. General purpose heat source development, space nuclear safety, and radioisotopic terrestrial safety are among the topics discussed.
- Publication:
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Progress Report Los Alamos Scientific Lab
- Pub Date:
- August 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978lasl.reptT....B
- Keywords:
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- Fuel Tanks;
- Impact Tests;
- Plutonium Oxides;
- Radioactive Contaminants;
- Radioactive Isotopes;
- Stress Analysis;
- Electron Spectroscopy;
- Environmental Tests;
- Impact Damage;
- Iridium;
- Plastic Deformation;
- Shear Properties;
- Stress Distribution;
- Temperature Effects;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics