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Plutonium-238 is packed inside radioisotope thermoelectric generators, or RTGs.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
The Power to Explore Challenge named winners in grades K-4, 5-8 and 9-12 for writing a plan for a mission to any moon in the solar system using radioisotope power systems.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Medical uses of artificial radioactivity The Joliot-Curie discovery opened the road to the extensive use of radioisotopes in medical applications.
—Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Many long-term spacecraft, such as the Mars rovers Curiosity and Perseverance, use radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) to provide power.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
The Power to Explore Challenge named winners in grades K-4, 5-8 and 9-12 for writing a plan for a mission to any moon in the solar system using radioisotope power systems.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Medical uses of artificial radioactivity The Joliot-Curie discovery opened the road to the extensive use of radioisotopes in medical applications.
—Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Many long-term spacecraft, such as the Mars rovers Curiosity and Perseverance, use radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) to provide power.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Radioisotope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radioisotope. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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radioisotope
noun
ra·dio·iso·tope
ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈī-sə-ˌtōp 
: a radioactive isotope
Medical Definition
radioisotope
noun
ra·dio·iso·tope
ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈī-sə-ˌtōp
: a radioactive isotope compare radioelement
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