America is turning decades-old radioactive waste into strontium-90 power systems that could keep underwater sensors running for decades |
America is quietly building a network of nuclear-powered nodes on the ocean floor that could charge drone submarines for close to three decades without a cable, a support ship or a single resupply run. The fuel behind this project is strontium-90, a radioactive by-product that has sat in government storage for decades, and the Pentagon…