Despite this, NASA spends over $1 billion on nuclear-powered rockets and new plutonium-powered probes.

Herein, we present four new plutonium fluorides that have been prepared as single crystals by mild hydrothermal synthesis methods.

The DOE has said the Savannah River site could be used to manufacture new plutonium pits, or triggers, for nuclear weapons.

Sir, -The UK government announced on December 1st its wish to develop a new plutonium reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria.