• Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Nickel 63 has a half life of 100 years. So that means you have safely store these things for 500 years after using them. Yeah, sounds totally fine.

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      10 months ago

      Sounds very similar to the old Soviet pacemakers with radioisotope batteries. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, records about them got lost and so a bunch of people have been buried with pretty radioactive stuff in their chest. I don’t think we (as developed societies) are going to take that risk for some phone batteries…

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        10 months ago

        I don’t think we (as developed societies) are going to take that risk for some phone batteries…

        Not unless it’s profitable, at least…