ORNL automates key process in plutonium-238 production
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OSTI ID:1635634
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have automated part of the process of producing plutonium-238, which is used by NASA to fuel deep space exploration. Resolving this key bottleneck will help boost annual production of the radioisotope towards NASA’s goal of 1.5 kilograms of Pu-238 per year by 2025.
- Research Organization:
- ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States))
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI ID:
- 1635634
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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