Radioisotope Power Systems
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How former Vanderbilt students are powering a new era of space and underwater exploration with nuclear waste
by Lucas Johnson In the fall of 2017, a pair of curious Vanderbilt students approached Steve Krahn, professor of the practice of nuclear environmental engineering and a former Department of Energy official, to discuss novel ways of using nuclear energy to power aerospace vehicles. Their hypothesis… Read MoreNov. 15, 2023