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Thursday, December 31, 2015
US demonstrates production of nuclear battery fuel
US demonstrates production of nuclear battery fuel
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 30, 2015 -
The first U.S. production in nearly 30 years of a specialized fuel to
power future deep space missions has been completed by researchers at
the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in
Tennessee. The production of 50 grams of plutonium-238 -roughly the mass
of a golf ball - marks the first demonstration in the United States
since the Savannah River Plant in South Carolina c ...
morehttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/US_demonstrates_production_of_nuclear_battery_fuel_999.html
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