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Update to the safety program for the general-purpose heat source radioisotope thermoelectric generators for the Galileo and Ulysses missionsWith the rescheduling of the Galileo and Ulysses launches and the use of new upper stages following the Challenger accident, the aerospace nuclear safety program for the general-purpose heat source radioisotope thermoelectric generators (GPHS-RTGs) was extended to accommodate the new mission scenarios. As in the original safety program, the objectives were to determine the response of the GPHS-RTG to the various postulated accident environments and to determine the risk (if any) associated with these postulated accidents. The extended GPHS-RTG safety program was successfully completed in sufficient time to prepare an updated Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) with revisions for the October 1989 launch of the Galileo spacecraft.
Document ID
19930036775
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Bennett, Gary L.
(NASA Propulsion Power and Energy Div., Washington, United States)
Bradshaw, C. T.
(General Electric Co., Astro-Space Div., Philadelphia PA, United States)
Englehart, Richard W.
(DOE Office of New Production Reactor, Washington, United States)
Bartram, Bart W.
(NUS Corp. Gaithersburg, MD, United States)
Cull, Theresa A.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Zocher, Roy W.
(Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Eck, Marshall B.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Mukunda, Meera
(Fairchild Space Germantown, MD, United States)
Brenza, Peter T.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Chan, Chris C.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: In: Space nuclear power systems 1989; Proceedings of the 6th Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, Jan. 8-12, 1989. Vol. 1 (A93-20752 06-20)
Publisher: Orbit Book Co., Inc.
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Accession Number
93A20772
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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