Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft. Story by Benjamin Roulston, Clarkson University • 1mo.

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually ...

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NASA Rover Lab power system now at UDRI, researchers will provide critical data for current and future missions. The key to answers about life on Mars and beyond lies in a small finned cylinder – a ...

An unused Cold War-era generator has left Oak Ridge on a new mission: bring power to the most remote places on earth and the dark side of the moon. Zeno Power joined forces with the Oak Ridge ...

Zeno Power joined forces with the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its cleanup contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) to transfer a radioisotope generator called the BUP-500 ...

Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft. By Benjamin Roulston, The Conversation | Published: March 18, 2025 ...

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually ...

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