radioisotope
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noun
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Origin of radioisotope
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Voyager 1, like its twin Voyager 2, is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator that converts heat from decaying plutonium into electricity.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
Now, the team is building a new kind of fusion reactor, which will be able to produce any kind of radioisotope for research or medicine, right by the hospitals that need it.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025
The probes use three plutonium dioxide radioisotope thermoelectric generators.
From Salon • May 7, 2023
For the weapon’s radiation to be lethal, the radioisotope used would have to have a strong enough intensity to harm people.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022
Starting around Christmas 1937, when he administered his first dose of a phosphorus radioisotope to a patient at the university medical center, John’s need for the substance became “insatiable,” Kamen recalled.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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