File:SRS at 60 -- Plutonium 238 (5228286250).jpg
Summary
| Description | Manufactured in various quantities from 1958 through the 1980s, plutonium 238 was used in space missions, satellites, remote weather stations in the Arctic and under the sea and in human heart pacemakers. Apollo 12 astronauts placed SRP Pu-238 on the moon in 1969. SRS is still involved with the material today. Recently, SRS stabilized and shipped the last of its neptunium inventory to provide a source of power to satisfy the nation’s space program needs for the next 20-30 years. It will be loaded into reactors to produce plutonium 238 for NASA’s deep space probes. |
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| Source | SRS at 60 -- Plutonium 238 |
| Author | Savannah River Site |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Savannah River Site at https://flickr.com/photos/51009184@N06/5228286250 (archive). It was reviewed on 19 November 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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