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Traubenfuchs06/16/20251 replyview on HN

While not reactors, how about nuclear batteries without heavy shielding?


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ben_w06/16/2025

Nuclear batteries are a superset of RTGs.

There are other kinds of nuclear battery, but the ones I've heard of outside labs, are extremely low power betavoltaics.

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