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Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has delivered uranium nitride coated uranium oxycarbide tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel to NASA's Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion programme. The company says this demonstrates the "flexibility, precision and value" of its Pilot Fuel Manufacturing Facility (PFM).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USNC-delivers-TRISO-particle-fuel-to-NASA
The project is funded by the European commission through the Euratom Research and Training Programme, a complementary funding programme to Horizon Europe covering nuclear research and innovation. The Euratom programme has a budget of €1.38bn for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025.
Tractebel will research dynamic radioisotope power systems (RPSs) powered by plutonium 238 (Pu-238) for space applications. RPSs are essential for supplying spacecraft and astronauts with electricity and heat where the sun does not provide enough energy. They use heat from the natural radioactive decay of plutonium-238 (Pu-238) to produce electricity.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 09 July 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/tractebel-to-research-radioisotope-power-systems-powered-by-plutonium-7-5-2022
Following a recent contract awarded by the European Space Agency (ESA), Belgium’s Tractebel has been selected to head the consortium of PULSAR, a research and innovation project funded by the European Commission to develop nuclear technology to power space missions.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 24 June 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstractebel-to-lead-european-space-research-on-radioisotope-power-systems-9797730
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Belgian company Tractebel to evaluate the possibility of producing plutonium-238 (Pu-238) for use in space exploration. Separately, US company X-energy, working as part of a General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) team, is to develop key fuel fabrication processes in support of a first-of-a-kind rocket powered by nuclear thermal propulsion under a contract awarded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 02 September 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/European-and-US-nuclear-companies-contribute-to-sp