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A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years
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this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2024
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Nickel-63 is pretty safe as radioactive elements go. It's proposed as an energy source for pacemakers.
Standford says 0.1mm of plastic will absorb all emissions.
The world needs breeder reactors anyways, build out a lot of gen 4 plants and make Nickle-63 to boot.