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Nuclear waste could be recycled for diamond battery power
- PaulHoule 7y agoThe C in those graphite blocks is only going to have a small fraction of C14? Are they going to enrich it in a calutron or is there a better way to enrich C?
- PaulHoule 7y agoThe C in those graphite blocks is only going to have a small fraction of C14. Are they going to enrich it in a calutron or is there a better way to enrich C?
- gus_massa 7y agoInteresting question. I'm not sure what they will do, but there are two interesting links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope_separation#Gravity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope_separation#Gravity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_tracer#Carbon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_tracer#Carbon
- detaro 7y agorecent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22140196 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22140196