HEU for Space Nuclear ReactorsHistory and Prospects for LEU Conversion

Blake Messer11/30/2010 *All photos copied from “The Big Picture,” Boston.com’s Photojournalism Blog

Research Objective

Historical Uses

LEU in SNRs

(and alternative fuels)

SNR Policy

DOE’s Stock

(and science politics)

International Policy

(for what it’s worth)

Nuclear and Emerging

Technologies for Space