Zeno Power Systems, founded in 2018, is a leading developer of commercial Radioisotope Power Systems (RPSs) that convert heat from recycled nuclear waste into electricity. These "nuclear batteries" provide reliable, carbon-free power for decades in extreme environments, from deep sea to deep space, enabling persistent operations. Zeno partners with organizations like NASA, the U.S. Space Force, the U.S. Navy, Westinghouse and ispace-U.S., with the goal of delivering its first RPS to customers by 2026. Key words: radioisotope power, nuclear battery, space power, lunar missions, deep sea exploration.
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Zeno Power Systems is on track to deliver its first RPS-powered satellite to the U.S. Air Force by 2026.
Zeno Power Systems has won more than $40,000,000 in contracts to build RPS-powered satellites.
Zeno Power Systems designed its RPS to be fueled by strontium-90 because of strontium-90’s abundance.
Zeno Power Systems will use strontium-90 to build radioisotope power sources (RPS).
Zeno Power received $15 million to develop a radioisotope power system for lunar use under NASA's Tipping Point program.
Zeno Power's Harmonia project aims to utilize americium-241 as a radioisotope to power its technology.
Zeno Power Systems of Washington received $15,000,000 from NASA to develop a universal Americium-241 radioisotope power supply for Artemis.
Zeno Power led a team that received a $15,000,000 Tipping Point award from NASA’s Space Technology and Mission Directorate for development of a Radioisotope Power System.
Intuitive Machines has been designated approximately $2,400,000 of the NASA STMD Tipping Point award to assist Zeno Power in developing an interoperable americium-241 radioisotope Sterling generator.
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) is a member of the Zeno Power-led team that received the $15,000,000 Tipping Point award from NASA STMD.
Zeno Power won a U.S. Air Force contract in May to test a radioisotope power source on a satellite that uses thermocouples and the isotope strontium-90.
Zeno Power received a $15,000,000 Tipping Point award to develop a radioisotope power system for lunar missions capable of enabling operations through the two-week lunar night.
Zeno Power Systems signed a STRATFI agreement in August 2022.
Zeno Power Systems will fund its private share of the project from $20,000,000 in Series A venture capital raised in 2021.
The four-year Zeno Power Systems contract provides $15,000,000 in government funds matched by $15,000,000 from private investors.
Zeno Power Systems expects its RPS to clear regulatory hurdles and be approved for launch in 2025, taking advantage of a more streamlined U.S. government review process for nuclear-powered space missions.
Zeno Power Systems was awarded a $30,000,000 contract to build a radioisotope-powered satellite for the U.S. Air Force by 2025.
Zeno Power Systems has 25 employees based in Seattle and in the Washington, D.C. area.
Zeno Power Systems pitched its RPS concept to the Air Force Research Laboratory in 2019 and won several Small Business Innovation Research contracts.