Pax Atomis - Snap - 7 Terrestrial Isotopic Power Systems

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Baltimore

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Summarizes the paralled development of a family of fully shielded thermoelectric power converters and the chemical processing of the radioisotope strontum-90 fuel. Depicts the laboratory procedures which make thermoelectric couple assembly into a compact operating system. Illustrates the compacting of strontium 90 raw material into ceramic pellets and discusses the encapsulation of the fuel pellets into high strength metal containers. Shows the installation of the snap-7 generator family in Antarctica and the Gulf of Mexico.


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