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Radioisotope thermoelectric generator
A
radioisotope thermoelectric generator
(
RTG
,
RITEG
) is an
electrical generator
that uses an array of
thermocouples
to convert the
heat released by the decay
of a suitable
radioactive
material into
electricity
by the
Seebeck effect
. This generator has no moving parts.
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