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INL eyes plutonium for powering spacecraft..

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Also this summer, the INL will hear whether the Naval Reactors Facility will be selected to design and eventually manufacturing small nuclear reactors that could propel spacecraft ? not just supply on-board electricity.

The project has other applications besides providing voltage on the far side of Mercury. The batteries could run surveillance equipment in more remote ? but still earthly ? locations where access may be limited for long periods of time.
 
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