Zeno is developing a radioisotope power system (RPS) that it says will generate clean, resilient power for decades. The company’s technology is “light-weight and cost-effective relative to historic RPSs, opening up broad market opportunities in space and terrestrially,” according to its website. The company, which was founded in 2018, according to Axios, is looking to ramp up the production of small-scale nuclear batteries for spacecraft, deep-sea exploration, and challenging environments on Earth.
New hires: Zeno also announced the hiring of Timothy Frazier as senior mission director and Lindsey Boles as vice president of engineering. Previously, Frazier was vice president of government programs at GE Hitachi, while Boles was director of engineering at TerraPower, according to Axios.