FABRICATION AND QUALITY CONTROL TESTING OF SNAP-15C CAPSULES

摘要

In cooperation with the 3M Company. Mound Laboratory fabricated and evaluated heat source capsules for the SNAP-I5C program. These capsules were fueled with sufficient plutonium-238 metal to provide approxi¬mately 7.3 thermal watts of power each. Fabrication procedures for these sources, fuel properties, and fabricated capsule parameters are presented.