NASA and DOE have an agreement to produce 1.5 Kg of plutonium dioxide per year, just enough to supply one, possibly two, deep space missions per decade.

Expose a silvery piece of plutonium to air and it tarnishes, developing a patina that looks yellow or green, depending on the sample. For many years, scientists thought that this unpredictable ...

During its transition into plutonium dioxide, the Pu (VI) passed through a transient phase that’s solid and stable. It appeared to be pentavalent plutonium, or Pu (V), but this form is not ...

Going nuclear. Sixteen plutonium dioxide pellets — 150 grams each, in containers the size of salt shakers — are generating the electricity needed to maneuver Curiosity around Mars, power its ...

To solve these problems, Yasuoka and Koutroulakis used plutonium dioxide and ran the NMR apparatus through a wide range of signal frequencies that might reveal plutonium's NMR signature.

After 50 years of searching, physicists have spotted the fingerprint of radioactive plutonium, revealing the secrets of this complex molecule behind nuclear weapons.

The most common uranium compounds are oxides like uranium (IV) oxide, or uranium dioxide (UO 2), the main mineral in the ore uranite, also known as pitchblende.

State officials estimate that more than 14 tons of plutonium were left at Rocky Flats after the plant was closed in the early 1990s. The site was cleaned up over a 10-year period starting in 1995 ...

INEEL Researchers Clean Plutonium From Soil Using Carbon Dioxide Date: October 15, 2001 Source: Idaho National E & E Laboratory Summary: Even dirt can be dirty, and researchers have found a way to ...

More than eight years ago, hundreds of protesters chanted anti-nuclear slogans before NASA launched a spacecraft to Saturn carrying 72 pounds of plutonium fuel. The noise before this week's launch ...