Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...
I visited the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. Take a look inside.
The USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. It participated in scientific and military operations ...
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Next up for nuclear power: small, transportable and made in a factory near Pittsburgh
There isn’t a microreactor tested and ready for market yet, but Westinghouse's eVinci is in line. A 12-foot-tall slice into the dark gray core of a model nuclear microreactor looms on the shop ...
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Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
RTGs are essentially nuclear-powered batteries ... The whole assembly is inside a protective aluminum casing. The interior of the RTG and one side of the thermocouples is kept hot – close ...