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Plutonium-238 Production

Policy Area

Priority Level

Last Updated

Space

Medium-Term

March 22, 2025

The Policy

The RPC would invest in the facilities for the domestic production of high-grade Plutonium-238.

The Research

Our Broader Stance on:

We are on the verge of an age of space exploration fueled by unprecedented capability of individuals to create and operate private space vehicles. As a result, it's time to catch up - and get ahead - of these changes to prevent repeating in space the same mistakes we've made here on Earth.

Hand-in-hand with exploration of space will inevitably come human expansion. In 1967, humanity had the foresight to create the Outer Space Treaty[1] which sought to protect space from unsustainable exploitation and dangerous weaponization. With all that's changed in more than 50 years, it's time to update international treaties governing human expansion into the infinite dark void.

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