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2025-04-06 China-Japan-Koreas

China begins production of nuclear batteries

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Posted by badanov 2025-04-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
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#1 Wuhan Virus wasn't enough?

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-04-06 01:49|| 2025-04-06 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems like something Mossad would do.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-04-06 03:20|| 2025-04-06 03:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like a niche application to me (Reddit)Tell my nickel-63 isotope powered batteries are a bad idea?
Money quote: "...62Ni (used to make 63Ni) is itself a rare (3.6%) isotope of nickel, it first gets enriched to 96% to get a sufficiently high level of 62Ni isotopes to even start the production of 63Ni. Which then needs to undergo 15 reactor cycles of 23 days each."

The decay produces an energetic electron so the only danger might be a soft X-Ray when the electron is captured in the "battery". It might be used as a power supply for deep space missions ...maybe.

Posted by magpie 2025-04-06 09:54|| 2025-04-06 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 "Is that a faraday bag in your pocket or why won't you answer my calls?"

Posted by Frank G 2025-04-06 10:13|| 2025-04-06 10:13|| Front Page Top

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