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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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