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Re[2]: Nuclear Batteries
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- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 11:50:00 -0700
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The Sr-90 powered buoys were SNAP 7A units and were tested
by the Coast Guard in the Baltimore area (at least). They
generated 10 - 40 watts from 3 pounds of strontium-90
titanate. The entire generator weighed 1870 pounds.
The AEC put out a large number of booklets in a series
called "Understanding the Atom". A bunch of these dealt with
the SNAP and related programs: "Power from Radioisotopes"
and "Nuclear Reactors for Space Power". They are old ca.
1960's, but then again, so is the SNAP program. I'll mail
their list of references to you.
Paul Frame