Open AccessSYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR AUXILIARY POWER. AN EVALUATION, JANUARY 1964
Publication year - 1964
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4079666
Subject(s) - reliability engineering , reliability (semiconductor) , nuclear power , engineering , nuclear power plant , power (physics) , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics , biology
The requirements and potential applications for radioisotope and reactor SNAP systems are summarized. A technical review of the SNAP reactor programs, including the associated lithium cooled reactor experiment, is presented; and alternate approaches are evaluated. Radiation and safety considerations of isotopic SNAP systems are discussed, together with the economics of such systems and isotope availability. Characteristics and uses of SNAP systems are also tabulated. (D.C.W.