en.Wedoany.com Reported - On July 6, the "Millennium Source, Nuclear Energy Innovation" independent and controllable carbon-14 nuclear battery full-chain technology achievement release conference was held in Lanzhou, co-hosted by Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, and Lanzhou Anning District People's Government, and organized by Gansu Zhulong Technology Co., Ltd. and Lanzhou Anning District Science and Technology Bureau. The conference officially unveiled two core scientific research achievements: the new independent brand "Millennium Source Tianshu" carbon-14 nuclear battery and the "Millennium Source Nengshu" silicon carbide energy converter.
The "Millennium Source" series carbon-14 nuclear battery results released this time represent a benchmark practice by Northwest Normal University in the full chain of national strategic scientific research, deep industry-university-research collaboration, and achievement transformation. Leveraging the profound disciplinary foundation, talent pool, and research platform advantages of Northwest Normal University, Gansu Zhulong Technology Co., Ltd. undertakes the transformation of scientific research achievements, promoting engineering application and industrial implementation, achieving a key leap from the laboratory to engineering, marketization, and industrialization.
Nuclear batteries are indispensable long-life energy sources for scenarios such as space exploration, polar scientific research, special equipment, and unattended operations, and are also a crucial component of the national new energy system and strategic scientific and technological strength. For a long time, industry applications have commonly faced issues such as low output power, low structural integration, and high application costs. To address this, the project team focused on developing carbon-14 nuclear batteries with high output power, small size, and low cost, promoting independent and controllable technology and process innovation.
Compared to the "Zhulong-1" carbon-14 nuclear battery engineering prototype released in March 2025, the "Millennium Source" series results released this time have achieved five major technological breakthroughs, covering radiation source adaptation technology, silicon carbide energy conversion technology, three-dimensional stacked packaging technology, intelligent power management technology, and wireless self-powered sensing technology, establishing a domestically produced independent and controllable technology system. This series of indicators breaks through the limitations of low efficiency, high cost, large size, and low power density of carbon-14 nuclear batteries, achieving a systematic upgrade in miniaturization, high power, low cost, and high integration. The current products have high industrial value.
At the conference site, Gansu Zhulong Technology Co., Ltd. signed strategic cooperation agreements with five enterprises: China Isotope & Radiation Corporation, CNNC Qinshan Isotope Co., Ltd., China United Engineering Corporation Limited, CCTEG Digital Innovation Technology (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., and Zhejiang Isotope Labeling Medical Technology Co., Ltd. The parties will engage in long-term cooperation in areas such as technology achievement transformation of carbon-14 nuclear batteries, multi-scenario engineering applications, supply of carbon-14 isotope raw materials, and industry standard formulation, jointly building a complete industrial closed loop of "scientific research, product finalization, scenario testing, compliant use, standard formulation, mass production, and waste recycling."
