Coin-sized nuclear 3V battery with 50-year lifespan enters mass production
(www.techspot.com)
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Oh, so it’s a question you already knew the answer too you sly dog, I see how you play the game.
Don't you remember the "safer" radioactive watch dials that used alpha particle radiation to glow? ----- instead of the old, dangerous radium dials (beta and gamma radiation)?
Alpha penetrates the least
Beta penetrates more things
Gamma ----- this shit goes through everything
Alpha stops at your skin
I alway’s wondered how dangerous those radium dials were. I know they make replacements for watch repair. Damn it cyberrigger! Now I have to look up the half life of radium and it’s rad count.
there were some tritium (super heavy hydrogen) based dials deemed to be not as dangerous
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritium_radioluminescence
radium dials emit a lot of gamma radiation ----- goes right through you.