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max_ on March 27, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: EU experts to say nuclear power qualifies for gree...

You can make your own thorium battery. [0]

[0]:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optoelectric_nuclear_battery

black_puppydog on March 27, 2021 | [–]

> A failure of containment would release high-pressure jets of finely-divided radioisotopes, forming an effective dirty bomb.

I'll let you do that first. Please do it somewhere remote kay? :D

etaioinshrdlu on March 27, 2021 | [–]

You're not thinking of a Tritium battery are you?

They produce very little power (W).

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