A cewar Hukumar Makamashin Atomic ta Burtaniya, masu bincike daga hukumar da Jami'ar Bristol sun yi nasarar ƙirƙirar batirin lu'u-lu'u na farko na carbon-14 a duniya. Wannan sabon nau'in batirin yana da yuwuwar rayuwa ta dubban shekaru kuma ana sa ran zai zama tushen makamashi mai ɗorewa.
Sarah Clarke, darektan tsarin man fetur na tritium a Hukumar Makamashin Atomic ta Burtaniya, ta ce wannan wata fasaha ce da ke tasowa wadda ke amfani da lu'u-lu'u na wucin gadi don nannade ƙaramin adadin carbon-14 don samar da wutar lantarki mai ci gaba da matakin microwatt ta hanyar aminci da dorewa.
Wannan batirin lu'u-lu'u yana aiki ta hanyar amfani da ruɓewar rediyoaktif na isotope mai rediyoaktif carbon-14 don samar da ƙarancin ƙarfin lantarki. Rabin rayuwar carbon-14 kusan shekaru 5,700 ne. Diamond yana aiki a matsayin harsashi mai kariya ga carbon-14, yana tabbatar da aminci yayin da yake kiyaye ƙarfin samar da wutar lantarki. Yana aiki kamar yadda yake da na'urorin hasken rana, amma maimakon amfani da ƙwayoyin haske (photons), batirin lu'u-lu'u yana kama electrons masu sauri daga tsarin lu'u-lu'u.
Dangane da yanayin amfani, ana iya amfani da wannan sabon nau'in batirin a cikin na'urorin likitanci kamar su dashen ido, na'urorin ji da na'urorin bugun zuciya, wanda ke rage buƙatar maye gurbin baturi da radadin marasa lafiya.
Bugu da ƙari, ya kuma dace da yanayi mai tsauri a Duniya da kuma a sararin samaniya. Misali, waɗannan batura na iya samar da wutar lantarki ga na'urori kamar alamun rediyo mai aiki (RF), waɗanda ake amfani da su don bin diddigin abubuwa kamar jiragen sama ko kayan aiki masu nauyi. An ce batura masu lu'u-lu'u na carbon-14 na iya aiki tsawon shekaru da yawa ba tare da maye gurbinsu ba, wanda hakan ya sa suka zama zaɓi mai kyau ga ayyukan sararin samaniya da aikace-aikacen ƙasa mai nisa inda ba zai yiwu a maye gurbin batura na gargajiya ba.