• @PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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      223 hours ago

      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.

      • @deranger@sh.itjust.works
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        20 hours ago

        “Drinking hot tea is safe so drinking boiling water, which is also hot, should also be safe”

        The quantity of radioactive material and what form of radiation it emits is extremely relevant to this discussion.

        We have seen nuclear batteries - it’s decades old technology at this point. They were used in pacemakers. They stopped in the 80s because it’s too expensive and dangerous. You have to track radiation sources like this.