The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) addresses the environmental impacts which may be caused by the implementation of a space flight mission to observe the polar regions of the Sun. The proposed action is completing the preparation and operation of the Ulysses spacecraft, including its planned launch on the Space Transportation System (STS) Shuttle in October 1990 or in the backup opportunity in November 1991, and the alternative of cancelling further work on the mission. Environmental impacts are possible from mission accidents that could release some percentage of the plutonium dioxide used in the Ulysses power system. Intensive analysis of the possible accidents associated with the proposed action are currently underway and preliminary results indicate small health or environmental risks. A Final Safety Analysis Report will be available prior to publication of the Final EIS; therefore, the results of that analysis will be available for inclusion in the Final EIS.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Ulysses Mission (Tier 2)
1990
183 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Environmental Impact Statements , Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Space Safety , Radioisotope thermoelectric devices , Radioactive contaminants , Environmental impact statements-Draft , Ulysses mission , Radiation accidents , Spacecraft power supplies , Aerospace safety , Plutonium dioxide , Space shuttle payloads