British space battery to be powered by Americium

The UK Space Agency and the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) – the UK’s national laboratory for nuclear fission – are to collaborate on building a UK space battery. It is described as the first battery to be powered by Americium-241, a radioactive isotope of the synthetic element americium. The work, funded by the UK Space ...
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