Atmospheric burnup of the cosmos-954 reactor.

Autor: Krey PW, Leifer R, Benson WK, Dietz LA, Hendrikson HC, Coluzza JL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 1979 Aug 10; Vol. 205 (4406), pp. 583-5.
DOI: 10.1126/science.205.4406.583
Abstrakt: On 24 January 1978 the Russian satellite Cosmos-954 reentered the atmosphere over northern Canada. By use of high-altitude balloons, the atmosphere was sampled during 1978 up to an altitude of 39 kilometers to detect particulate debris from the reactor on board the satellite. Enriched uranium-bearing aerosols at concentrations and particle sizes compatible with partial burnup of the Cosmos-954 reactor were detected only in the high polar stratosphere.
Databáze: MEDLINE