United States: SRS has finished neptunium project.

TendersInfo | April 1, 2009 | Copyright

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The last of the neptunium inventory at the Department of Energys Savannah River Site has been successfully stabilized and shipped out, providing a source for power that is expected to satisfy the needs of the nations space program for the next 20 to 30 years.

For decades, SRS has furnished materials for the nations space program. Until several years ago, that support came in the form of plutonium-238. Now, its through production of neptunium-237 oxide. The means to produce more neptunium does not exist, and this national asset is being ...

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