• DocumentCode
    789314
  • Title

    Radiation Effects on NERVA Instrumentation

  • Author

    Gilles, W.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Aerojet-General Corporation Sacramento, California
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1968
  • Firstpage
    239
  • Lastpage
    243
  • Abstract
    The NERVA program presented the instrumentation engineer with difficult radiation-effects problems. Gamma fluxes reach 109 rads(C)/hr and neutron fluences approach 1018 n/cm2 (E>l.0 Mev). These Problems and some of their solutions and test results are presented.
  • Keywords
    Engines; Gamma rays; Heating; Hydrogen; Inductors; Instruments; Neutrons; Probes; Radiation effects; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1968.4325053
  • Filename
    4325053