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radioisotope thermoelectric generator [¦rād·ē·ō′ī·sə‚tōp ¦thər·mō·i′lek·trik ′jen·ə‚rād·ər]

(nucleonics)

A device for converting nuclear energy to electrical energy in which the heat produced by radioactivity of a radioisotope is used to produce a voltage in a thermocouple circuit; chief use has been in space vehicles and in instruments left on the lunar surface. Abbreviated RTG.

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radioisotope thermoelectric generator (redirected from Radioisotope thermal generator)

radioisotope thermoelectric generator
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