Zeno Power says it is “the first commercially built radioisotope heater unit ever.”
Credit: Zeno Power
Zeno Power has built and demonstrated a shielded Strontium 90 heat source, technology that could be used as the basis for a nuclear battery aboard a future U.S. Space Force spacecraft or a NASA lunar lander. The heater unit was developed in partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in...
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