European Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) and Radioisotope Heater Units (RHUs) for Space Science and Exploration

Ambrosi, RM; Williams, H; Watkinson, EJ; Barco, A; Mesalam, R; Crawford, T; Bicknell, C; Samara-Ratna, P; Vernon, D; Bannister, N; Ross, D; Sykes, J; Perkinson, MC; Burgess, C; Stroud, C; Gibson, S; Godfrey, A; Slater, RG; Reece, MJ; Chen, K; Simpson

Ambrosi, RM (reprint author), Univ Leicester, Dept Phys & Astron, Univ Rd, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England.

SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 2019; 215 (8):

Abstract

Radioisotope power systems utilising americium-241 as a source of heat have been under development in Europe as part of a European Space Agency funded......

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