Nuclear Batteries: What the Media Won't Tell You
The media portrays nuclear batteries as a coming revolution in the world of electronics – predicting the end of smartphone charging and other miracles. But how do nuclear batteries, operating for decades without "discharging," perform in practice?
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00:00 Introduction
01:33 About smartphones powered by nuclear batteries. Power and size
06:53 The safety of such batteries. The worst-case scenario
15:42 Efficiency and the consequences
18:55 Nuclear battery prices
21:30 Why would anyone need such batteries?
25:02 Other types of nuclear batteries + various important information
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Sources:
https://www.betavolt.tech/359485-3594...
https://ehs.princeton.edu/laboratory-...
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conte... (.pdf)
https://cpl.iphy.ac.cn/fileup/0256-30... (.pdf)
https://nuke.fas.org/space/bennett070... (.pdf)
https://www.ans.org/news/article-5359...
Visualization of radiation shown in the video:
• Building a Cloud Chamber to see Radiation!
• Video
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