Radioisotope generators—inside the 'nuclear batteries' that power faraway spacecraft
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the sun's light can feel on Earth.
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Construction of Two More Nuclear Power Generators Begins
Construction of two nuclear generators at the Tianwan Nuclear Power Station, the largest cooperation project between China and Russia, began Wednesday in Lianyungang, a coastal city in east China ...
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Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
The solution is technology developed in the 1960s based on scientific principles discovered two centuries ago: radioisotope thermoelectric generators, or RTGs. RTGs are essentially nuclear-powered ...