Framatome To Collaborate With European Space Agency On Radioisotope Power Systems

Aim is to provide continent with sovereign production capacity

Framatome To Collaborate With European Space Agency On Radioisotope Power Systems
The European Space Agency headquarters in Paris. Image courtesy Creative Commons (CCBY2.0)

French nuclear company Framatome has announced the signing of an agreement to collaborate with the European Space Agency (ESA) on fuel for space missions.

The company said the ESA contract is for the industrialisation of sealed fuel sources to be used for radioisotope power systems for space exploration and is part of the agency’s European Devices Using Radioisotope Energy (Endure) programme.

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