Potential health risks from postulated accidents involving the Pu-238 RTG (radioisotope thermoelectric generator) on the Ulysses solar exploration mission.

Potential radiation impacts from launch of the Ulysses solar exploration experiment were evaluated using eight postulated accident scenarios. Lifetime individual dose estimates rarely exceeded 1 mrem. Most of the potential health effects would come from inhalation exposures immediately after an acci...

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Corporate Authors: United States. Department of Defense
United States. Department of Energy. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States. Department of Energy. Technical Information Center
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Language:English
Published: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Department of Energy. Technical Information Center ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy, 1990.
Subjects:
Earth Atmosphere.
Radionuclide Migration.
Population.
Environmental Exposure.
Plutonium 238.
Radiation Hazards.
Plutonium Dioxide.
Radiation Accidents.
Risk Assessment.
Space Vehicles.
Environmental Impacts.
Meteorology.
Radiation Doses.
Source Terms.
Thermoelectric Generators.
Accidents.
Actinium compounds.
Actinide Isotopes.
Actinide Nuclei.
Alpha Decay Radioisotopes.
Chalcogenides.
Direct Energy Converters.
Doses.
Environmental Transport.
Even-even Nuclei.
Hazards.
Health Hazards.
Heavy Ion Decay Radioisotopes.
Heavy Nuclei.
Isotopes.
Mass Transfer.
Nuclei.
Oxides.
Oxygen Compounds.
Plutonium Compounds.
Plutonium Isotopes.
Plutonium Oxides.
Populations.
Radioisotopes.
Silicon 32 Decay Radioisotopes.
Transuranium Compounds.
Vehicles.
Years Living Radioisotopes.
Radiation, Thermal, And Other Environ. Pollutant Effects On Living Orgs. And Biol. Mat.
Direct Energy Conversion.
Environmental Sciences.
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Physical Description:Pages: (16 pages).
Format: Electronic eBook

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