Ngokusho kwe-UK Atomic Energy Authority, abacwaningi abavela kule nhlangano kanye neYunivesithi yaseBristol baphumelele ukudala ibhethri lokuqala ledayimane le-carbon-14 emhlabeni. Lolu hlobo olusha lwebhethri lunokuphila okungaphezu kwezinkulungwane zeminyaka futhi kulindeleke ukuthi lube umthombo wamandla ohlala isikhathi eside kakhulu.
USarah Clarke, umqondisi womjikelezo kaphethiloli we-tritium e-UK Atomic Energy Authority, uthe lobu ubuchwepheshe obusha obusebenzisa amadayimane okwenziwa ukugoqa inani elincane le-carbon-14 ukuze kuhlinzekwe amandla aqhubekayo ezingeni le-microwatt ngendlela ephephile neqhubekayo.
Leli bhethri ledayimane lisebenza ngokusebenzisa ukubola kwe-radioactive kwe-isotope carbon-14 ukuze kukhiqizwe amazinga aphansi amandla kagesi. Isigamu sokuphila kwe-carbon-14 siyiminyaka engaba ngu-5,700. Idayimane isebenza njengegobolondo elivikelayo le-carbon-14, iqinisekisa ukuphepha ngenkathi igcina amandla ayo okukhiqiza ugesi. Isebenza ngendlela efanayo namaphaneli elanga, kodwa esikhundleni sokusebenzisa izinhlayiya zokukhanya (ama-photon), amabhethri edayimane abamba ama-electron ahamba ngokushesha esakhiweni sedayimane.
Ngokuphathelene nezimo zokusetshenziswa, lolu hlobo olusha lwebhethri lungasetshenziswa kumadivayisi ezokwelapha afana nokufakelwa kwamehlo, izinsiza zokuzwa kanye nama-pacemaker, okunciphisa isidingo sokushintsha ibhethri kanye nobuhlungu beziguli.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ifaneleka nasezindaweni ezibucayi kakhulu eMhlabeni nasemkhathini. Isibonelo, lawa mabhethri anganika amandla amadivayisi afana namathegi e-active radio frequency (RF), asetshenziselwa ukulandelela nokuhlonza izinto ezifana nezindiza noma imithwalo yomthwalo. Kuthiwa amabhethri edayimane e-carbon-14 angasebenza amashumi eminyaka ngaphandle kokushintshwa, okwenza abe inketho ethembisayo yemisebenzi yasemkhathini kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezikude lapho ukushintshwa kwamabhethri kwendabuko kungenzeki khona.