Submitted 1 day ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.techspot.com/news/107357-coin-sized-nuclear-3v-battery-50-year-lifespan.html
The company plans to launch a more powerful single-watt version this year
If it’s a small battery intended to be used a long time, pretty much a guarantee these are going to end up in the general landfill waste stream.
I wonder how much contamination one of these will cause if it goes through a waste incinerator. If they have 50 Curies of activity, that’s more than a million times what’s in a smoke detector.
Eh, it’s likely not an issue. There’s radioactive material in water runoff and all kinds of places. A small amount is not noticeable. Even in the worst case, these aren’t an issue. If they can be near your body 24/7 without causing problems, them getting spread out into even smaller pieces can only be less significant than that.
People are too scared by radiation. It usually isn’t an issue and you’re constantly interacting with it. It’s only in very rare circumstances where you need to worry.
They’re probably going to be used in medical devices like pacemakers. So they’ll be in the land but not necessarily a land_fill_
There’s a lot of radioactive thorium to be found in coal ash leftover from power plants. I am not worried about this.
They decay into copper, which can be easily recycled.
Yeah, but it’s radioactive nickel-63 for many decades until it all decays.
Casio G-Shock / Fallout Collab?
Casio F-91W☢️
I want this in a four function calculator
Why not Solar? I have fairly recent Casio (FX-260 Solar II) and it works in dimmer lighting conditions than I’m comfortable working under anyway. Under normal lighting (for being able to see while doing math with pencil and paper) it’s rock solid!
skozzii@lemmy.ca 31 minutes ago
I wonder what it tastes like…