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We just generated usable electricity from americium for the first time
2019/07/12

For the first time, researchers have successfully generated electricity from americium, one of the radioactive elements we've pinned our hopes on as a promising alternative to rocket fuel, for powering farther and farther ventures out into space. It's a new milestone in experiments with the synthetic element, which doesn't occur naturally but is a by-product of plutonium decay. Americium can be found in spent nuclear fuel, but over time it also accumulates in stored plutonium as the latter element undergoes beta decay.

 

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https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-generated-usable-electricity-from-an-element-that-could-power-spacecraft-for-400-years

Source: Science Alert