[Jonty30]

I'm just wondering why this isn't more developed by now? It's a great way to use up nuclear fuel and the batteries are essentially reusable.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Magnum44]

I'm just wondering why this isn't more developed by now? It's a great way to use up nuclear fuel and the batteries are essentially reusable.

[Boomer]

Radiation pollution is my guess. It does make sense though as soon as they can make it 100% safe.

This a ship load of EV's on fire

[hanamizu]

Yep, a Chinese-made nuclear battery. What could go wrong?

[epluribus_2]

Orobably more like:

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[Blood of Tyrants]

Well, first, it’s in it’s relative infancy, producing only 100 microwatts (0.1 milliwatt) which could power a watch. The one watt version could power much more. I don’t know about the problems with scaling it up in size.

[catnipman]

magic battery technology is becoming quite avant-garde lately: this one has BOTH diamond AND nuclear technology!

[thegagline]

“The BV100 can produce 100 microwatts at 3 volts”
Time to bring back the radium dial watch. /sarc

[Dead Corpse]

There have been other companies that have tried this tech...

They need air to work, so applications are still kinda limited.

A 50 year flashlight or cell phone is probably do-able though.

[Fai Mao]

They are more advanced. China reverse engineered these

https://www.energylivenews.com/2020/09/02/us-startup-unveils-battery-made-from-nuclear-waste-that-could-last-up-to-28000-years/

[Orosius]

And they only cost a million dollars apiece.

[PGR88]

The side-story to this is - The US Dept of Energy apparently owns the patent on this technology, and sold it to China for pennies on the dollar.

[Revel]

“... and can power a device for 50 years. “

Already been done. Voyager 1.

[enumerated]

…can power a device for 50 years - as long as it is a very small device, in a warm environment and is turned off the whole time.

[G Larry]

They’re programing the chip to allow them to have it go critical via backdoor software......

[jmaroneps37]

Yes and if (and only) IF you properly fill out the registration form that comes with the Betavolt you get a lifetime guarantee that it will forever or until our company goes out of business.

[Wonder Warthog]

Because the actual amount of energy produced is miniscule. Yes, it can generate an electric current, but the usable wattage is tiny. And this idea is NOT new as of 2016. It has been around for a long time.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

“”the first attempt, carbon-14””

But.... But.... Isn’t Carbon evil??

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Uses radioactive isotopes.

What could possibly go wrong?

[ridesthemiles]

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