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Perpetual Atomics, QSA Global produce Am fuel for nuclear space power
U.K.-based Perpetual Atomics and U.S.-based QSA Global claim to have achieved a major step forward in processing americium dioxide to fuel radioisotope power systems used in space missions. Using an industrially scalable process, the companies said they have turned americium into stable, large-scale ceramic pellets that can be directly integrated into sealed sources for radioisotope power systems, including radioisotope heater units (RHUs) and radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs).
S. K. Gupta, M. A. Prasad
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 70 | Number 2 | May 1979 | Pages 192-200
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A19652
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A semi-analytical technique making use of a set of coupled integral equations has been developed for solving problems in electron transport. This method is applicable to one-dimensional finite systems. The flux and source density are expanded in Fourier series, and a set of integral equations relating the Fourier coefficients is derived. This set of coupled equations is solved by iteration. Dose distributions and transmitted energy spectra have been obtained for plane perpendicular and point isotropic sources. These compare well with earlier calculations for both low- and high-Z materials.