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These are the same types of batteries used on space probes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R
by GartzenDeHaes 6y ago
These are the same types of batteries used on space probes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_ge...
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoThis is kinda what I envisioned when people talked about backyard small solar reactors. I wish someone was building a commercial venture out of it.
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- hairytrog 6y agoThe materials listed on the Wikipedia page and used by the Russians are not practical for large scale use. It's simply too dangerous to have that much weapons grade material or bone seeking material out in the wild. Some isotopes are better than others, and I expect there will be strides using specifically generated isotopes that are not weapons grade, are not bone-seekers, and have much short half lives (decade not 80+ years), and have beta decay.
- kbar13 6y agocan you clarify what you mean by bone seeking? i have a very rudimentary understanding of radioactive materials
- GartzenDeHaes 6y agoHe probably means beta emitters, which concentrate in the thyroid and bone marrow.
- arianvanp 6y agoStrontium has similar properties as calcium and thus ends up in your bones when ingested where it will cause prolonged damage. Hence bone seeking
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- namibj 6y agoWhat's the issue with Cs-137, then? The gamma radiation? Otherwise, is SrTiO3 really that bad? What's the risk there, someone stealing it for a dirty bomb?