☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoCoin-sized nuclear 3V battery with 50-year lifespan enters mass productionwww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareDaPorkchop_@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 hours agoThere is nothing nuclear about microwaves.
minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·19 hours agoSure, but they are radiation sources and beyond microwaves, “nuclear” material exists in several consumer products, so that isn’t really a reason we haven’t had consumer nuclear batteries.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 hours ago“Drinking hot tea is safe so drinking boiling water, which is also hot, should also be safe” The quantity of radioactive material is extremely relevant to this discussion.
There is nothing nuclear about microwaves.
Sure, but they are radiation sources and beyond microwaves, “nuclear” material exists in several consumer products, so that isn’t really a reason we haven’t had consumer nuclear batteries.
“Drinking hot tea is safe so drinking boiling water, which is also hot, should also be safe”
The quantity of radioactive material is extremely relevant to this discussion.