Articles about radioisotope power systems

Illustration: Firefly Blue Ghost lander on the moon

Zeno Power reserves a spot on Firefly moon lander to demonstrate its atomic space heater

Radioisotope-powered heater will keep components in working order during the chilly lunar night, for a NASA-supported mission that’s set for as early as 2028. Read More

Collage of illustrations relating to NASA research projects, including radioactive heater installed on astronaut's backpack on the moon

Could nuclear heaters keep astronauts warm on the moon? NASA is funding research to find out

Zeno Power Systems will study a concept for putting compact radioisotope heating devices in spacesuits used for extravehicular activity amid frigid lunar conditions. Read More

Photo of Zeno Power executives standing in front of muran in Seattle office

Look inside Zeno Power’s ‘kitchen,’ where engineers test recipes for nuclear batteries

Researchers are fine-tuning a recipe at Zeno Power’s office-lab complex in Seattle’s South Lake Union district — but it’s not… Read More

Illustration: Lunar rover powered by nuclear battery

Zeno Power raises $50M in funding to fuel development of next-gen nuclear batteries

Zeno Power, a startup that’s headquartered in Seattle as well as Washington, D.C., today announced the completion of a $50… Read More

Ultra Safe Nuclear files for bankruptcy in a procedure aimed at facilitating its sale

Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. says it has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition as part of a court-supervised process… Read More

Aerial view of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Zeno Power partners with U.S. Department of Energy to recycle radioactive material

Zeno Power says it has gained access to radioactive material destined for its first full-scale radioisotope power systems under the… Read More

Cutaway view of Zeno Power's radioisotope power system

Zeno Power teams up with Westinghouse on radioisotopes for nuclear power system

Zeno Power says it has selected Westinghouse Electric Co. to process the radioisotopes for its heat sources — creating a… Read More

Zeno Power wins $7.5M Pentagon contract for underwater radioisotope power system

Zeno Power says it’s been awarded a $7.5 million contract from the Department of Defense to build and demonstrate a… Read More

PNNL team removes heat source from transfer port

Zeno demonstrates an innovative type of radioisotope heat source for off-grid power

Zeno Power says it has successfully completed its first demonstration of a new type of radioisotope heat source that could… Read More