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Radiation shielding in the formation of the structural aspect of a spaceship with a nuclear power system

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A method for obtaining a prescribed radiation environment and the effect of this environment on the general design of a spaceship with a nuclear power system and the structural implementation of individual units are presented. The algorithm developed is of high priority because of the higher power and longer service life of the newly developed nuclear power systems. Their values under the existing restrictions on the mass and the admissible flux of ionizing radiation make it problematic to meet the necessary requirements by using conventional approaches, where shadow radiation shielding served as the main factor. The design algorithm examined is generally recommended and in each specific case it can be accompanied by an anlysis of the factors present at the design stage.

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  1. Krasnaya Zvezda Federal State Unitary Enterprise, Russia

    A. G. Eremin & G. A. Zaritskii

  2. State Science Center of the Russian Federation, Russia

    A. P. Pyshko & A. Yu. Plotnikov

  3. A. I. Leipunskii Physcis and Power-Engineering Institute, Russia

    A. P. Pyshko & A. Yu. Plotnikov

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  1. A. G. Eremin
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 100, No. 1, pp. 25–31, January, 2005.

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Eremin, A.G., Zaritskii, G.A., Pyshko, A.P. et al. Radiation shielding in the formation of the structural aspect of a spaceship with a nuclear power system. At Energy 100, 26–30 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-006-0045-0

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