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In late 2015 the US has demonstrated new production of PU 238 for RTG use at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory High Flux Isotope Reactor. This was undertaken i
by vibrolax 10y ago
In late 2015 the US has demonstrated new production of PU 238 for RTG use at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory High Flux Isotope Reactor. This was undertaken in 2013 with NASA funding.
https://www.ornl.gov/news/ornl-achieves-milestone-plutonium-238-sample https://www.ornl.gov/news/ornl-achieves-milestone-plutonium-...
- mschuster91 10y agoCool. I hope this gets out of lab stage soon.
- iso-8859-1 10y agoIt will not leave the lab stage, it will continue to be produced at Oak Ridge. See https://www.ornl.gov/news/ornl-achieves-milestone-plutonium-238-sample https://www.ornl.gov/news/ornl-achieves-milestone-plutonium-...