L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1297arrow-down147file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1250arrow-down1external-linkA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square87fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years::A glowing horizon for phones
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·11 months ago At this moment, 1 gram of radioactive Nickel-63 costs around 4,000 USD. Nickel-63 isotope does not occur in nature, it is obtained by irradiating Nickel-62 inside a nuclear reactor.
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·11 months agoThe world needs breeder reactors anyways, build out a lot of gen 4 plants and make Nickle-63 to boot.
The world needs breeder reactors anyways, build out a lot of gen 4 plants and make Nickle-63 to boot.