Atomic Weatherman - Strontium 90 Isotopic RTG Applications 1961

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This film describes the world's first radioisotope-powered weather station, which is operated remotely at a site in the Canadian Arctic. The weather station is powered by a thermoelectric unit in which the heat from the decay of Strontium-90 (90 Sr) is directly converted into electricity.

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