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Chinese Firm developed Nuclear Battery that can Produce Power for 50 years – Sri Lanka Guardian (slguardian.org)

submitted 9 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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[–] wahming@monyet.cc 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is multiple degrees of magnitude smaller than conventional RTGs

[–] CJOtheReal@ani.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But nothing actually new, just downscaled. This was possible before, but not done because we don't want to give people the ability to get radioactive material, even in small quantities.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It is new. Traditional RTGs rely on heat differentials. This converts the energetic particles directly to electricity without the intermediate step. That's a very significant technical difference. Assuming what the article attests is true, of course

[–] CJOtheReal@ani.social 3 points 9 months ago

Ok, if that's true thats actually new. However i doubt until it's proven independently.