Earl J. Green wrote: > > At 04:00 PM 6/1/98 -0700, you wrote: > >> > >> Personally, I cant wait to see the idea of a nuclear battery > hitting the > >> civilian market: Imagine a battery the size of a 9-volt cell > generating > > <snip> > >> > >> -Mike :)+< > >> > > > >You go first. > >-Chris :^%@!()<=+\ > > I used to be a Reactor Operator. Heck, if they give me the > tech specs on it, I might be game! <g> I wonder if they will come > with personal dosimeters included... > > I can just imagine Admiral Rickover rolling over in his grave. > > Earl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Earl Green, Crystal Wind Communications, Inc. (voice) 352-563-5822 > "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the > dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was > vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they > may act on their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ T.E. Lawrence - Seven Pillars of Wisdom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Think Nuclear Wabbit commercials until the end of time, folks. Ick. Alpha or Beta particles are what they use (IIRC?) to make nuclear batteries (the charged particle goes from radionucleide to electrode, thus current flow, IIRC?) - so not Gamma or anything. And a little smidge of active schtuff does it. The more, the more current. 'course, if it were MY battery, I'd like a 1/4" thick steel casing around it, for safety <VBG> Steel stops Beta pretty well (1/4 inch of skin does, too. But I'm attached to mine.) Mark Willis,
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