May 25, 2023 · After the battery is charged and discharged for the first time, the nuclear power plant needs to formulate an effective battery maintenance program to maximize the battery life,
(Courtesy of NASA) The public is familiar with nuclear energy in nuclear power plants but not in batteries. Nuclear batteries are in fact closer to nuclear power plants than traditional batteries in that they use radioactivity to generate power instead of storing an amount of charge.
Thus, the targeted applications for a nuclear battery are mainly miniaturized low power output applications that cannot be fulfilled by chemical batteries. Other advantages of nuclear batteries are their reliability and longevity. A nuclear battery can output power for decades to a hundred years.
When compared to chemical batteries, nuclear batteries are characterized by higher volumetric energy density (therefore longer battery life) and stronger endurance in harsh conditions. This report will explore the present state of nuclear battery technology and recently discovered possible breakthroughs.
Nuclear batteries remain impractically expensive and slow to power consumer products. Furthermore, an essential ingredient of nuclear batteries is the waste from nuclear power plants, so the nuclear battery industry depends on that of the nuclear power plant.
The amount of energy used by nuclear batteries is unbelievable which is generated naturally through small radioactive material bits without any fusion or fission charge occurred within the battery. These batteries work through slight radioactive films that set in energy which is higher than lithium-ion batteries
Nonetheless, batteries are an integral part of any extra-terrestrial missions to power the spacecraft that space agencies plan. However, looking at the current state of the art in the development of batteries; rechargeable and nuclear batteries will be the more promising battery technology over primary batteries.
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