STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE--FIVE-WATT U.S. NAVY WEATHER STATION. Final Report

The SNAP-7C 10-watt Sr/sup 90/ thermoelectric generator, the converter, batteries, and weather station housing that were delivered to Antarctica in December 1961 are described. Thermoelectric analysis, thermal analysis, fuel form and shielding requirements, generator assembly, electrical system, ope...

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Published: 2016
Subjects:
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ISOTOPES AND RADIATIONS
ANTARCTICA
BATTERIES
CONVERSION
ENVIRONMENT
FUELS
GENERATORS
GEOPHYSICS
OPERATION
POWER
SAFETY
SHIELDING
SNAP SYSTEMS
STRONTIUM 90
TEMPERATURE
THERMOELECTRICITY
USES
Antarc*
Antarctica
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spelling ftosti:oai:osti.gov:4770871 2023-07-30T03:59:04+02:00 STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE--FIVE-WATT U.S. NAVY WEATHER STATION. Final Report None 2016-07-04 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4770871 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4770871 https://doi.org/10.2172/4770871 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4770871 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4770871 https://doi.org/10.2172/4770871 doi:10.2172/4770871 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ISOTOPES AND RADIATIONS ANTARCTICA BATTERIES CONVERSION ENVIRONMENT FUELS GENERATORS GEOPHYSICS OPERATION POWER SAFETY SHIELDING SNAP SYSTEMS STRONTIUM 90 TEMPERATURE THERMOELECTRICITY USES 2016 ftosti https://doi.org/10.2172/4770871 2023-07-11T10:35:13Z The SNAP-7C 10-watt Sr/sup 90/ thermoelectric generator, the converter, batteries, and weather station housing that were delivered to Antarctica in December 1961 are described. Thermoelectric analysis, thermal analysis, fuel form and shielding requirements, generator assembly, electrical system, operational tests, and environmental testing are discussed. (M.C.G.) Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctica SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy)
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topic INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ISOTOPES AND RADIATIONS
ANTARCTICA
BATTERIES
CONVERSION
ENVIRONMENT
FUELS
GENERATORS
GEOPHYSICS
OPERATION
POWER
SAFETY
SHIELDING
SNAP SYSTEMS
STRONTIUM 90
TEMPERATURE
THERMOELECTRICITY
USES
spellingShingle INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ISOTOPES AND RADIATIONS
ANTARCTICA
BATTERIES
CONVERSION
ENVIRONMENT
FUELS
GENERATORS
GEOPHYSICS
OPERATION
POWER
SAFETY
SHIELDING
SNAP SYSTEMS
STRONTIUM 90
TEMPERATURE
THERMOELECTRICITY
USES
None
STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE--FIVE-WATT U.S. NAVY WEATHER STATION. Final Report
topic_facet INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ISOTOPES AND RADIATIONS
ANTARCTICA
BATTERIES
CONVERSION
ENVIRONMENT
FUELS
GENERATORS
GEOPHYSICS
OPERATION
POWER
SAFETY
SHIELDING
SNAP SYSTEMS
STRONTIUM 90
TEMPERATURE
THERMOELECTRICITY
USES
description The SNAP-7C 10-watt Sr/sup 90/ thermoelectric generator, the converter, batteries, and weather station housing that were delivered to Antarctica in December 1961 are described. Thermoelectric analysis, thermal analysis, fuel form and shielding requirements, generator assembly, electrical system, operational tests, and environmental testing are discussed. (M.C.G.)
author None
author_facet None
author_sort None
title STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE--FIVE-WATT U.S. NAVY WEATHER STATION. Final Report
title_short STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE--FIVE-WATT U.S. NAVY WEATHER STATION. Final Report
title_full STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE--FIVE-WATT U.S. NAVY WEATHER STATION. Final Report
title_fullStr STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE--FIVE-WATT U.S. NAVY WEATHER STATION. Final Report
title_full_unstemmed STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE--FIVE-WATT U.S. NAVY WEATHER STATION. Final Report
title_sort strontium-90 fueled thermoelectric generator power source--five-watt u.s. navy weather station. final report
publishDate 2016
url http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4770871
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4770871
https://doi.org/10.2172/4770871
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Antarctica
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Antarctica
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