Develops a 100-Year Nuclear Battery for Space Missions, Marking a Shift from Solar Power.
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) is pioneering a cutting-edge nuclear battery designed to last over a century, utilizing the decay heat from americium—a byproduct of nuclear waste—to generate electricity. The innovation is targeted at powering space probes in environments where solar energy is ineffective, such as asteroids, the far reaches of the solar system, […]