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Belgium / Tractebel Wins European Space Agency Contract To Evaluate Production Of Pu-238 For Nuclear Fuel

By David Dalton
1 September 2021

Tractebel Wins European Space Agency Contract To Evaluate Production Of Pu-238 For Nuclear Fuel
The large logistic lander (EL3) is expected to give Europe access to the lunar surface. Courtesy European Space Agency.
Belgium-based engineering multinational Tractebel has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to evaluate the possibility of producing plutonium 238 (Pu-238), the nuclear fuel used for space exploration, in Europe for the first time.

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