Design and preparation of an equivalent radioisotope heat source and its performance test

Hongyu WANG; Zhiheng XU; Jiyu WANG; Shichao LIU; Hongbo LU; Xinyi LI; Yunpeng LIU; Xiaobin TANG

doi:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.120503

NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 46, Issue 12, 120503(2023)

Design and preparation of an equivalent radioisotope heat source and its performance test

Hongyu WANG¹, Zhiheng XU^1,2, Jiyu WANG¹, Shichao LIU³, Hongbo LU³, Xinyi LI³, Yunpeng LIU^1,2, and Xiaobin TANG^1,2、*

¹Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China

²Key Laboratory of Nuclear Technology Application and Radiation Protection in Astronautics, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing 211106, China

³State Key Laboratory of Space Power, Shanghai Institute of Space Power-sources, Shanghai 200245, China

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Aug. 12, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Mar. 7, 2024

The Author Email: TANG Xiaobin (汤晓斌)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.120503

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