Title :
Radiation Effects on NERVA Instrumentation
Author_Institution :
Aerojet-General Corporation Sacramento, California
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;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1968.4325053
