The General Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (GPHS-RTG) will be used as the prime source of electric power for the spacecraft on the Galileo mission. The use of radioactive material in these missions necessitates evaluations of the radiological risks that may be encountered by launch complex personnel and by the Earth's general population resulting from postulated malfunctions or failures occurring in the mission operations. The purpose of the Final Safety Analysis Report 2 (FSAR 2) is to present the analyses and results of the latest evaluation of the nuclear safety potential of the GPHS-RTG as employed in the Galileo mission. This evaluation is an extension of earlier work presented in the previous Final Safety Analysis Report (GESP 7200), and it represents the launch by the Space Shuttle/IUS vehicle. The IUS stage has been selected as the vehicle to be used to boost the Galileo spacecraft into the Earth escape trajectory after the parking orbit is attained. The previous FSAR considered the Centaur upper stage which had been planned for use on Galileo for the 1986 mission. 5 figs., 2 tabs.
Final Safety Analysis Report 2 for the Galileo mission. Executive summary
1988
34 pages
Report
No indication
English
Radiation Shielding, Protection, & Safety , Nuclear Auxiliary Power Systems , Unmanned Spacecraft , Radioisotope Heat Sources , Thermoelectric Generators , Accidents , Emergency Plans , Failure Mode Analysis , Failures , Fuel Pellets , Graphite , Mission Analysis , Plutonium Dioxide , Radioactive Materials , Safety Analysis , Source Terms , Space Vehicles , Spacecraft Power Supplies , Galileo spacecraft , Radiation protection , EDB/300304 , EDB/070300 , EDB/070500 , Radiation hazards