Zeno is pioneering nuclear batteries, compact systems that recycle radioactive waste into safe, reliable power for years at a time.

Zeno Power, the Seattle-based nuclear battery startup, today announced the appointment of AC Charania, the former NASA chief technologist, as its new SVP of space business development.

A new study recommends that the United States pursue rapid development of a space nuclear power system to keep pace with geopolitical rivals.

Researchers are fine-tuning a recipe at Zeno Power’s office-lab complex in Seattle’s South Lake Union district — but it’s not the kind of recipe you can taste-test.