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Funny enough, Pu-238 was on the market at one point (with plenty of restrictions). It was used to power pacemakers. It's still used for spacecraft. I'm not sur
by topynate 4y ago
Funny enough, Pu-238 was on the market at one point (with plenty of restrictions). It was used to power pacemakers. It's still used for spacecraft.
I'm not sure how expensive it was in the '70s but it is very expensive now. American production is supposed to be scaling up, but only to about 1.5 kg a year.
- thombat 4y agoBut Pu-239 is presumably the stuff for this hobby project? The one-click price for that is hard to find, even if you bring your own take-out container.
- topynate 4y agoYes, I was looking for a point of comparison. Pu-239 is probably also quite expensive, as both isotopes are prepared by using a reactor to irradiate stuff. Only way I can see a "$2k" cost as relevant is if it's the cost to someone who's already acquired the nuclear material.
- bookofjoe 4y agohttps://osrp.lanl.gov/pacemakers.shtml https://osrp.lanl.gov/pacemakers.shtml