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  2. Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of an RTG used on the Cassini probe. A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG), sometimes referred to as a radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of nuclear battery that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect.

  3. MHW-RTG - Wikipedia

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    The Multihundred-watt radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MHW RTG) is a type of US radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) developed for the Voyager spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. [1] The Voyager generators continue to function more than 45 years into the mission.

  4. Multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Wikipedia

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    A uniquely capable source of power is the radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) – essentially a nuclear battery that reliably converts heat into electricity. [2] Radioisotope power has been used on eight Earth orbiting missions, eight missions to the outer planets, and the Apollo missions after Apollo 11 to the Moon.

  5. Radioisotope rocket - Wikipedia

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    Alternatively, radioisotopes may be used in a radioisotope electric rocket, [1] in which energy from nuclear decay is used to generate the electricity used to power an electric propulsion system. The basic idea is a development of existing radioisotope thermoelectric generator , or RTG, systems, in which the heat generated by decaying nuclear ...

  6. GPHS-RTG - Wikipedia

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    GPHS-RTG or general-purpose heat source — radioisotope thermoelectric generator, is a specific design of the radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) used on US space missions. The GPHS-RTG was used on Ulysses (1), Galileo (2), Cassini-Huygens (3), and New Horizons (1). [1] The GPHS-RTG has an overall diameter of 0.422 m and a length of 1. ...

  7. Award-winning radioisotope separation methods at ORNL are ...

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    Lætitia H. Delmau, recipient of the prestigious 2024 Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award and a distinguished radiochemist in the Radioisotope Science and Technology Division at Oak Ridge ...

  8. Atomic battery - Wikipedia

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    An atomic battery, nuclear battery, radioisotope battery or radioisotope generator uses energy from the decay of a radioactive isotope to generate electricity. Like a nuclear reactor , it generates electricity from nuclear energy, but it differs by not using a chain reaction .

  9. Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power - Wikipedia

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    The Systems Nuclear Auxiliary POWER (SNAP) program was a program of experimental radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and space nuclear reactors flown during the 1960s by NASA. The SNAP program developed as a result of Project Feedback, a Rand Corporation study of reconnaissance satellites completed in 1954. [ 1 ]