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Betavolt's miniature battery could spell the end of smartphone chargers (mobilesyrup.com)

submitted 10 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I noticed, by reading the article, that Nickel 63 decays to Copper 63 which is stable.

"Betavolt further states the battery is environmentally friendly. “After the decay period, the nickel 63 isotopes become a stable isotope of copper, which is non-radioactive and does not pose any threat or pollution to the environment,” the company explains. “Therefore, unlike existing chemical batteries, nuclear batteries do not require expensive recycling processes.” "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_nickel

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

Key word 'after decay period', which means after it's lost all or most of its radioactivity.. still a lot of time.