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Thorium reactors may dispose of enormous amounts of weapons-grade plutoniumhttps://tpu.ru/en/about/tpu_today/news/view?id=3934
and yet, as we trumpet new ways to remove plutonium from the face of the planet NASA struggles to get our species prepared to eventually emigrate off of the face of the planet:NASA could run out of nuclear fuel for deep-space missions within a decadehttp://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-nuclear-battery-plutonium-238-production-shortage-2017-8NASA'S PLUTONIUM PROBLEM COULD END DEEP-SPACE EXPLORATIONhttps://www.wired.com/2013/09/plutonium-238-problem/Plutonium supply for NASA missions faces long-term challengeshttp://spacenews.com/plutonium-supply-for-nasa-missions-faces-long-term-challengesNASA Struggles over Deep-Space Plutonium Powerhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/within-nasa-a-plutonium-power-struggle/
Weapons grade plutonium is Pu239 NASA needs Pu238.