ESA to fund its own RTG studies? |
ESA to fund its own RTG studies? |
Feb 15 2010, 08:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
according to Flight International UK could use plutonium in space nuclear power demonstration
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Feb 7 2012, 04:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1582 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Since we were talking nuclear isotopes in this thread, I have a question regarding this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/science/...netium-99m.html ... they are basically kicking around ways to expose Mb-99 to a neutron source to create Tc-99. Is this perhaps similar to how Pu-238 is created? By exposing Np-238 to a neutron source? Could strategic supplies of both isotopes be created in the same facility? |
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