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To: Cboldt
Nuclear batteries have been around for awhile.

Voyager has been going strong since 1977. Better than the energizer bunny!

47 posted on 03/03/2020 1:12:16 PM PST by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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To: zeugma

Voyager uses a thermoelectric pile. Plutonium 238 oxide generates heat which a series-connected thermocouple device converts to electricity. Provides high power output over decades.

There are direct conversion radioactive battery which directly collect emitted beta (electron) or alpha (helium nuclei) particles to generate a high voltage. Typical small power output , but sustained for a very long duration.


51 posted on 03/04/2020 8:58:49 AM PST by Ozark Tom
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