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wmf on March 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pentagon awards contracts to design mobile nuclear...

RTGs and betavoltaic cells scale down to that size but the powers that be don't want nuclear material so widely distributed.

fsh on March 10, 2020 | [–]

Betavoltaic cells get outperformed by coin cells and RTGs by solar panels in most applications. There are some niche space applications, but not much else.

cryptonector on March 10, 2020 | [–]

RTGs powered by plutonium, widely available? No thanks.

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