As part of the launch approval process, the Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel (INSRP) provides an independent safety assessment of space missions, such as the Cassini mission, that carry a significant amount of nuclear materials. This paper describes potential accident scenarios that might lead to release of Plutonium from an accidental reentry during an Earth swingby maneuver. Because of large extrapolations from the current knowledge base, the analysis emphasized treatment of uncertainties.


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    Title :

    Analysis of the inadvertent reentry of the Cassini Spacecraft’s Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space technology and applications international forum -1999 ; 1999 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 458 , 1 ; 1359-1364


    Publication date :

    1999-01-22


    Size :

    6 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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