A cewar hukumar kula da makamashin nukiliya ta Burtaniya, masu bincike daga hukumar da jami'ar Bristol sun yi nasarar kera batirin lu'u-lu'u na carbon-14 na farko a duniya. Wannan sabon nau'in baturi yana da yuwuwar rayuwa na dubban shekaru kuma ana sa ran zai zama tushen makamashi mai dorewa.
Sarah Clarke, darektan sake zagayowar man fetur na tritium a hukumar kula da makamashin nukiliya ta Burtaniya, ta ce wannan wata fasaha ce da ta kunno kai wacce ke amfani da lu'ulu'u na wucin gadi don nade karamin adadin carbon-14 don samar da ci gaba da karfin matakin microwatt cikin aminci da dorewa.
Wannan baturin lu'u-lu'u yana aiki ta amfani da lalatawar rediyoaktif na isotope carbon-14 na rediyoaktif don samar da ƙananan matakan makamashin lantarki. Rabin rayuwar carbon-14 kusan shekaru 5,700 ne. Lu'u-lu'u yana aiki azaman harsashi mai kariya don carbon-14, yana tabbatar da aminci yayin kiyaye ƙarfin samar da wutar lantarki. Yana aiki daidai da na'urorin hasken rana, amma maimakon yin amfani da ɓangarorin haske (hotuna), batir lu'u-lu'u suna ɗaukar electrons masu sauri daga tsarin lu'u-lu'u.
Dangane da yanayin aikace-aikacen, ana iya amfani da wannan sabon nau'in baturi a cikin na'urorin kiwon lafiya kamar na'urar dasa ido, na'urorin ji da na'urorin bugun zuciya, rage buƙatar maye gurbin baturi da radadin marasa lafiya.
Bugu da kari, shi ma ya dace da matsanancin yanayi a duniya da sararin samaniya. Misali, waɗannan batura suna iya kunna na'urori irin su alamun mitar rediyo mai aiki (RF), waɗanda ake amfani da su don waƙa da gano abubuwa kamar jirgin sama ko ɗaukar nauyi. An ce baturan lu'u-lu'u na carbon-14 na iya aiki shekaru da yawa ba tare da maye gurbinsu ba, yana mai da su zaɓi mai ban sha'awa don ayyukan sararin samaniya da aikace-aikacen ƙasa mai nisa inda maye gurbin baturi na gargajiya ba zai yiwu ba.