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Thorium reactors may dispose of enormous amounts of weapons-grade plutonium


https://tpu.ru/en/about/tpu_today/news/view?id=3934

Quote from: Marlin on Jan 22, 2018, 09:52
Thorium reactors may dispose of enormous amounts of weapons-grade plutonium


https://tpu.ru/en/about/tpu_today/news/view?id=3934 (https://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 decade

http://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-nuclear-battery-plutonium-238-production-shortage-2017-8 (http://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-nuclear-battery-plutonium-238-production-shortage-2017-8)

NASA'S PLUTONIUM PROBLEM COULD END DEEP-SPACE EXPLORATION


https://www.wired.com/2013/09/plutonium-238-problem/

Plutonium supply for NASA missions faces long-term challenges


http://spacenews.com/plutonium-supply-for-nasa-missions-faces-long-term-challenges



NASA Struggles over Deep-Space Plutonium Power


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/within-nasa-a-plutonium-power-struggle/

Quote from: GLW on Jan 22, 2018, 01:02
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 decade

http://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-nuclear-battery-plutonium-238-production-shortage-2017-8 (http://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-nuclear-battery-plutonium-238-production-shortage-2017-8)

NASA'S PLUTONIUM PROBLEM COULD END DEEP-SPACE EXPLORATION


https://www.wired.com/2013/09/plutonium-238-problem/

Plutonium supply for NASA missions faces long-term challenges


http://spacenews.com/plutonium-supply-for-nasa-missions-faces-long-term-challenges



NASA Struggles over Deep-Space Plutonium Power


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/within-nasa-a-plutonium-power-struggle/

Weapons grade plutonium is Pu239 NASA needs Pu238.

Quote from: Marlin on Jan 22, 2018, 01:47
Weapons grade plutonium is Pu239 NASA needs Pu238.

stop throwing shade on my rant,...

I hate nukes!!!!!!

Always throwing cold water facts on howling dog rhetoric!!!!!


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