PRELIMINARY SHIELD DESIGN FOR A SNAP-8 POWER SYSTEM. | Zendy

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PRELIMINARY SHIELD DESIGN FOR A SNAP-8 POWER SYSTEM.

Author(s) -

I. M. Karp,

L. Soffer,

Michelle Clark

Publication year - 1972

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/4639751

Subject(s) - shield , snap , uranium , nuclear engineering , lithium (medication) , power (physics) , geology , materials science , computer science , engineering , physics , operating system , metallurgy , petrology , medicine , quantum mechanics , endocrinology

A preliminary shield design for a nuclear power system utilizing a SNAP-8 reactor for space base application is presented. A representative space base configuration was selected to set the geometry constraints imposed on the design. The base utilizes two independent power packages each with a reactor operating at 600 kwt and each producing about 50 kwe. The crew compartment is located about 200 feet from each reactor and is large enough in extent to intercept a total shadow angle of 60 deg measured about the center line of each reactor.

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