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Apparently, the rate of production is enough for just one deep-space mission per decade.
by iwwr 12y ago
Apparently, the rate of production is enough for just one deep-space mission per decade.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoCould we not reprocess uranium into plutonium from commercial reactors to recycle the waste and use that for space probes?
- cocoablazing 12y ago238Pu is only efficiently manufactured by activating 237Np.
- ocdtrekkie 12y agoIf any nuclear material could be easily turned into any other nuclear material, life would be so much easier, and nuclear waste would be much less of a problem. ;)
- hashemian 12y agowell, they have one to use half a decade from now (2020), two more in reserve, and per your statement, they can make one per decade. Seems they are doing fine!