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Radiation Testing at Sandia National Laboratories [electronic resource] : Sandia – JPL Collaboration for Europa Lander

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Washington, D.C. : United States. National Nuclear Security Administration, 2017.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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10 pages : digital, PDF file
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Sandia National Laboratories, United States. National Nuclear Security Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Announcement, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is assisting Jet Propulsion Laboratory in undertaking feasibility studies and performance assessments for the Planetary Protection aspect of the Europa Lander mission. The specific areas of interest for this project are described by task number. This white paper presents the evaluation results for Task 2, Radiation Testing, which was stated as follows: Survey SNL facilities and capabilities for simulating the Europan radiation environment and assess suitability for: A. Testing batteries, electronics, and other component and subsystems B. Exposing biological organisms to assess their survivability metrics. The radiation environment the Europa Lander will encounter on route and in orbit upon arrival at its destination consists primarily of charged particles, energetic protons and electrons with the energies up to 1 GeV. The charged particle environments can be simulated using the accelerators at the Ion Beam Laboratory. The Gamma Irradiation Facility and its annex, the Low Dose Rate Irradiation Facility, offer irradiations using Co-60 gamma sources (1.17 and 1.33 MeV), as well as Cs-137 gamma (0.661 MeV) AmBe neutron (0-10 MeV) sources.
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E 1.99:sand2017--0592r
sand2017--0592r
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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/2017.
"sand2017--0592r"
"650568"
Khalid Mikhiel Hattar; Maryla Aleksandra Olszewska-Wasiolek.
Funding Information
AC04-94AL85000
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