Space nuclear power system accidents: Doses from Pu-238 and Am-241 inhalation
- 1 September 2017
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Progress in Nuclear Energy
- Vol. 100, 171-182
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2017.06.008
Abstract
No abstract availableFunding Information
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Education
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