242mAm fueled nuclear battery

✍ Scribed by Yigal Ronen; Amir Hatav; Nir Hazenshprung

• Book ID: 103854138
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 260 KB
• Volume: 531
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.04.238

✦ Synopsis

A nuclear battery based on the direct energy conversion of the fission products is presented. Such energy conversion is possible by using a nuclear reactor with ultra-thin fuel elements of 0.2 mm of 242m Am. The amount of nuclear fuel is 376 g and the dimensions of the battery are 2:4 Â 2:4 Â 2:4 m 3 (including the vacuum spacing), with a BeO moderator and Be electrodes. The total power of the reactor is 10.6 MW and the electrical power is 0.652 MW.