Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 22736
Americium: Space Technology
Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 15 January 2025
Named DayQuestion
Josh MacAlister
Labour — Whitehaven and Workington
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory in expanding the development of americium so it could be used by the space industry.
Answer
Michael ShanksThe Department is supporting the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL)’s work to extract americium from the UK’s civil separated plutonium inventory at Sellafield for the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) ENDURE Programme. This includes supporting UKNNL ...
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