Wahi a ka UK Atomic Energy Authority, ua hana pono nā kānaka noiʻi mai ke keʻena a me ke Kulanui o Bristol i ka pākahiko daimana kalapona-14 mua loa o ka honua. Loaʻa i kēia ʻano pākahiko hou kahi ola hiki ke mau tausani mau makahiki a ua manaʻo ʻia e lilo i kumu ikehu paʻa loa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sarah Clarke, ka luna hoʻokele o ke kaʻina hana wahie tritium ma ka UK Atomic Energy Authority, he ʻenehana hou kēia e hoʻohana ana i nā daimana hana e kāʻei i kahi liʻiliʻi o ke kalapona-14 e hāʻawi i ka mana microwatt-level mau ma ke ala palekana a hoʻomau.
Hana kēia pākahi daimana ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka palaho radioactive o ka isotope radioactive carbon-14 e hana i nā pae haʻahaʻa o ka ikehu uila. ʻO ka hapalua ola o ke kalapona-14 ma kahi o 5,700 mau makahiki. Hana ke daimana ma ke ʻano he pūpū pale no ke kalapona-14, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka palekana me ka mālama ʻana i kona hiki ke hana mana. Hana like ia me nā panela solar, akā ma kahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻāpana māmā (photons), hopu nā pākahi daimana i nā electrons e neʻe wikiwiki ana mai ka hale daimana.
Ma ke ʻano o nā hiʻohiʻona noi, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻano pākahiko hou i nā mea lapaʻau e like me nā implants maka, nā mea kōkua lohe a me nā pacemakers, e hōʻemi ana i ka pono no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka pākahiko a me ka ʻeha o nā mea maʻi.
Eia kekahi, kūpono hoʻi ia no nā wahi koʻikoʻi ma ka Honua a ma ka lewa. No ka laʻana, hiki i kēia mau pila ke hoʻohana i nā mea e like me nā lepili alapine lekiō (RF) hana, i hoʻohana ʻia e hahai a ʻike i nā mea e like me ka mokulele a i ʻole nā ukana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia hiki i nā pila daimana kalapona-14 ke hana no nā makahiki he ʻumi me ka ʻole o ka hoʻololi ʻana, e lilo ana lākou i koho hoʻohiki no nā misionari lewa a me nā noi honua mamao kahi hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi pila kuʻuna.