Plutonium-238: The Fuel Crisis

Plutonium-238: The Fuel Crisis

Plutonium-238 is currently still the best fuel to power satellites to be sent to deep space in regions where the solar panels can no longer efficiently receive the sunlight. For 50 years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has used this radioisotope as a fuel in radioisotope th...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Bastos Smith, Fernanda Cristina Romero, Roberto Vicente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR) 2021-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences
Subjects:
plutonium-238
radioisotope thermoelectric generator
deep space travel
nasa
nuclear fuel.
Online Access:https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1312
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