US to restart plutonium production for deep space exploration
Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
The end of NASA's plutonium shortage may be in sight. On Monday March 18th, NASA's planetary science division head Jim Green announced that production of Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) is currently in the test phases leading up to a restart of full scale production.