Programmatic EIS for Accomplishing Expanded Civilian Nuclear Energy Research and Development and Isotope Production Missions in the United States, Including the Role of the Fast Flux Test Facility
Title | Programmatic EIS for Accomplishing Expanded Civilian Nuclear Energy Research and Development and Isotope Production Missions in the United States, Including the Role of the Fast Flux Test Facility PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 790 |
Release | 2000 |
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Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Accomplishing Expanded Civilian Nuclear Energy Research and Development and Isotope Production Missions in the United States, Including the Role of the Fast Flux Test Facility
Title | Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Accomplishing Expanded Civilian Nuclear Energy Research and Development and Isotope Production Missions in the United States, Including the Role of the Fast Flux Test Facility PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology |
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Release | 2000 |
Genre | Nuclear energy |
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Proposed Consolidation of Nuclear Operations Related to Production of Radioisotope Power Systems
Title | Proposed Consolidation of Nuclear Operations Related to Production of Radioisotope Power Systems PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 544 |
Release | 2005 |
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Proposed Relocation of Technical Area 18 Capabilities and Materials at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Title | Proposed Relocation of Technical Area 18 Capabilities and Materials at the Los Alamos National Laboratory PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 492 |
Release | 2002 |
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Radioisotope Power Systems
Title | Radioisotope Power Systems PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Total Pages | 69 |
Release | 2009-07-14 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309141761 |
Spacecraft require electrical energy. This energy must be available in the outer reaches of the solar system where sunlight is very faint. It must be available through lunar nights that last for 14 days, through long periods of dark and cold at the higher latitudes on Mars, and in high-radiation fields such as those around Jupiter. Radioisotope power systems (RPSs) are the only available power source that can operate unconstrained in these environments for the long periods of time needed to accomplish many missions, and plutonium-238 (238Pu) is the only practical isotope for fueling them. Plutonium-238 does not occur in nature. The committee does not believe that there is any additional 238Pu (or any operational 238Pu production facilities) available anywhere in the world.The total amount of 238Pu available for NASA is fixed, and essentially all of it is already dedicated to support several pending missions-the Mars Science Laboratory, Discovery 12, the Outer Planets Flagship 1 (OPF 1), and (perhaps) a small number of additional missions with a very small demand for 238Pu. If the status quo persists, the United States will not be able to provide RPSs for any subsequent missions.
Tank Closure and Waste Management for the Hanford Site
Title | Tank Closure and Waste Management for the Hanford Site PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 1098 |
Release | 2012 |
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Development of Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems
Title | Development of Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 136 |
Release | 2006 |
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