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...asser Hospital]] in [[Khan Yunis]], the largest hospital still functioning in the [[Gaza Strip]]. At least one person is killed and eight others are repo ...stated that the economy shrunk in two consecutive quarters amid a slowdown in [[consumer spending]]. [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/15/uk-economy-slipped- ...

...ing converter is notable for producing about four times as much [[electric power]] from the plutonium fuel as compared to a [[radioisotope thermoelectric ge ...ilopower]], also utilizes Stirling engines, but uses a small [[uranium]] [[Nuclear reactor|fission reactor]] as the heat source. ...

| publisher = U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Space and Defense Power Systems | date = December 1998 | url = https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/syste ...rent to the temperature of other parts of the spacecraft. In the vacuum of space any part of the spacecraft which doesn't receive direct sunlight will cool ...

{{Short description|Electric battery using nuclear energy}} ...inescence|luminescent]] material ([[scintillator]] or [[phosphor]]), which in turn emits [[photon]]s that generate electricity upon striking a [[photovol ...

...advantage in [[technology]] to create and deploy [[weapons]] of sufficient power and numbers so as to overawe or beggar its opponents, forcing them to spend In 1983, The US [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] established a classified progr ...

{{short description|NASA project aimed at producing a nuclear reactor for space}} {{Infobox nuclear reactor ...

{{Short description|Power per area}} ...cs]] and [[engineering]], '''surface power density''' is [[power (physics)|power]] per unit [[area]]. ...

{{short description|Power generation device}} ...r [[electron impact ionization]] in a plasma) to neutralize the electron [[space charge]]. ...

..., using one quarter of the [[plutonium-238]] to produce the same amount of power. Despite termination of the ASRG flight development contract in 2013, NASA continues a small investment testing by private companies. Fligh ...

...ng parts except for the working fluid, which make it a candidate for space power applications.<ref name="ref2"/> ...r and Neill Weber at [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] in 1966, and is described in US Patents {{US patent|3404036|3404036}}, {{US patent|3458356|3458356}}, {{ ...

{{Short description|1960s NASA program which developed and tested nuclear reactors for satellites}} ...tope thermoelectric generator]]s (RTGs) and [[Nuclear power in space|space nuclear reactor]]s flown during the 1960s by [[NASA]]. ...

{{Short description|Type of nuclear battery which generates electric current}} ...city directly from beta particles|devices that use photocells|optoelectric nuclear battery}} ...

...sed in condensed matter physics, atomic physics, and chemistry, whereas in nuclear physics the term ''[[separation energy]]'' is used. ...the total energy of a system is accompanied by a decrease {{math|Δ''m''}} in the total mass, where {{math|1=Δ''mc''² = Δ''E''}}.<ref>{{cite b ...

..., 9 October 2009.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8297934.stm "Tiny 'nuclear batteries' unveiled"]. ''BBC News'', Thursday, 8 October 2009.</ref><ref>{{ ...any types and methods have been designed to extract electrical energy from nuclear sources. The scientific principles are well known, but modern nano-scale te ...

...ince work is defined as a [[force]] acting through a distance (a length of space), energy is always equivalent to the ability to exert force (a pull or a pu * [[Chemical energy]] – energy contained in molecules ...

...like [[Oil and Gas]], [[Power Generation]], and [[Nuclear power|Nuclear]] Power. This helps plants work efficiently, stay safe, and deal with challenges li ...res, [[Pipeline transport|pipeline]]s, equipment, and piping systems, stay in good shape. ...

...list of the world's largest machines, both static and [[vehicle|movable]] in history. ...argest-diggers-in-pictures.html?image=2|title=The world's largest diggers: in pictures|date=6 April 2011|publisher=|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{ ...

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...right|200px|A residential [[smoke detector]] is the most familiar piece of nuclear technology for some people.]] ...r medicine]] and [[nuclear weapon]]s. It is also used, among other things, in [[smoke detector]]s and [[gun sight]]s. ...