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Zeno Power plans to invest millions of dollars to procure americium-241 from Orano's nuclear fuel recycling facility.
Zeno Power aims to scale up its efforts to acquire multiple kilograms of Americium-241 to conduct more than one mission a year.
Zeno Power raised $50 million earlier this year for the development of a nuclear electric power system for NASA by 2027.
The radioisotope thermoelectric generator containing strontium-90 was transported to a commercial nuclear facility at an undisclosed location in the Northeast where Zeno Power Systems will recycle the material to power its RPS.
Zeno Power Systems is working with the U.S. Department of Energy to recycle decades-old radioactive material to produce radioisotope power sources.
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.