Design of the Snap-15A Generator (open access)

Design of the Snap-15A Generator

This report summarizes the considerations and analysis leading to the design of the SNAP-15A generator, a Pu-238 fueled, metal thermocouple generator providing about 1 milliwatt of output power at greater than 4, 5 volts of years with very reliability even under extreme environmental conditions.
Date: June 19, 1964
Creator: Campana, R.J.
System: The UNT Digital Library