“Radioisotope Heat Sources for Space Missions”
Speaker: David L. Armstrong,
Program Manager, Space Power Systems, LANL
Abstract: Radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) have been used by the United States to provide electrical power for spacecraft since 1961. All of the RTGs that have been launched by the United States have used heat sources fueled with the Plutonium-238 isotope. Los Alamos National Laboratory is responsible for fabricating heat sources for current and future space missions. The Plutonium oxide is purified by aqueous processing, fabricated into pressed pellets, encapsulated into precious metal cladding material, then nondestructively and destructively tested.
Biography: Pending.
Place: Courtyard by Marriott, Santa Fe
3347 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM (505-473-2800)
Directions: From Albuquerque, take I-25 North approximately 55 miles to Exit 278 (Cerrillos Road).
Hotel is located 3 miles on the left-hand side of Cerrillos Road at Richards Avenue.
Date: February 8, 2012
Time:
- 6:00 Social Hour with Cash Bar
- 7:00 Buffet Dinner (Coq au vin and maple/pecan crusted tilapia)
- 7:45 Speaker
Cost: $30 per person, ½ price for students and children
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