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Nuclear batteries power Pioneer 10 on deep space mission
Four plutonium-238 atomic generators aboard Pioneer-10 provide about 120 watts to run instruments on the decades-long voyage to Pluto. The generators, developed by AEC and ERDA, mark the first use of nuclear electrical power on a spacecraft traveling between planets.
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South Carolina
Pluto
Energy Research and Development Administration
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Savannah River
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Energy Commission
Division of
Space Nuclear Systems
Division of Nuclear Research and Applications