Ngokusho kwe-UK Atomic Energy Authority, abacwaningi abavela ejensi naseNyuvesi yaseBristol badale ngempumelelo ibhethri ledayimane lokuqala le-carbon-14 emhlabeni. Lolu hlobo olusha lwebhethri lunempilo engaba khona yezinkulungwane zeminyaka futhi kulindeleke ukuthi lube umthombo wamandla ohlala isikhathi eside.
USarah Clarke, umqondisi we-tritium fuel cycle e-UK Atomic Energy Authority, uthe lobu ubuchwepheshe obusafufusa obusebenzisa amadayimane okwenziwa ukugoqa inani elincane le-carbon-14 ukunikeza amandla aqhubekayo e-microwatt-level ngendlela ephephile futhi eqhubekayo.
Leli bhethri ledayimane lisebenza ngokusebenzisa ukubola kwe-radioactive isotope carbon-14 ukukhiqiza amazinga aphansi wamandla kagesi. Uhhafu wempilo ye-carbon-14 cishe iminyaka eyi-5,700. Idayimane lisebenza njengegobolondo elivikela i-carbon-14, liqinisekisa ukuphepha ngenkathi ligcina umthamo walo wokuphehla amandla. Isebenza ngendlela efanayo kumaphaneli elanga, kodwa esikhundleni sokusebenzisa izinhlayiya zokukhanya (amaphothoni), amabhethri edayimane athwebula ama-electron ahamba ngokushesha esakhiweni sedayimane.
Ngokwezimo zohlelo lokusebenza, lolu hlobo olusha lwebhethri lungasetshenziswa emishinini yezokwelapha efana nezigxivizo zamehlo, izinsiza-kuzwa kanye nezihlinzeki-nhliziyo, kuncishiswe isidingo sokushintshwa kwebhethri kanye nobuhlungu beziguli.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ibuye ilungele izindawo eziyingozi kakhulu eMhlabeni nasemkhathini. Isibonelo, lawa mabhethri anganika amandla amadivayisi afana namathegi e-active radio frequency (RF), asetshenziselwa ukulandelela nokuhlonza izinto ezifana nemikhumbi-mkhathi noma izinto ezikhokhelwayo. Kuthiwa amabhethri edayimane e-carbon-14 angasebenza amashumi eminyaka ngaphandle kokushintshwa, okuwenza abe inketho ethembisayo yemishini yasemkhathini kanye nezicelo zaphansi ezikude lapho ukushintshwa kwebhethri yendabuko kungenzeki khona.