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Report Copyright Violation | Scientists turn nuclear waste into diamond batteries Things you learn on google, Eh? "How a nuclear power plant works.
Scott said there were no emissions, no moving parts, no maintenance, and zero concerns about safety. The radiation is locked safely away inside the gemstone. All the while, it generates a small, steady stream of electricity. Nickel–63, an unstable isotope, was used in this first experiment. It created a battery with a half-life of a century.
There are other substances which would last over ten times longer, while helping to reduce our nuclear waste stockpile. Older nuclear reactors, in service between the 1950s and the 1970's, used graphite blocks to cool the uranium rods. But after years of service these blocks become covered in a layer of carbon-14, a radioactive isotope with a half-life of around 5,730 years. Once a power plant is decommissioned, those blocks must be stored as well.
By heating the blocks, scientists can turn carbon-14 into a gas, which would be gathered and compressed into a diamond—since diamonds are just another form of carbon, anyway. Each gemstone emits short-range radiation, which is easily contained by just about any solid material. Since diamond is the strongest substance on Earth, it can be safely stored inside. Researchers covered their work in a lecture at the university entitled, “Ideas to change the world."
The diamond batteries only put out a small amount of current. They can't replace contemporary ones quite yet. Scott told Digital Trends, "An alkaline AA battery weighs about 20 grams, has an energy density storage rating of 700 Joules/gram, and [uses] up this energy if operated continuously for about 24 hours." Meanwhile, "A diamond beta-battery containing 1 gram of C14 will deliver 15 Joules per day, and will continue to produce this level of output for 5,730 years"(Less than 50% posted) Source: [ link to bigthink.com (secure)] " Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord." ~ Jer. 17:5
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Scientists turn nuclear waste into diamond batteries Tell them to get over to japan and help save the world.... skywatcher+Hunter |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Scientists turn nuclear waste into diamond batteries  DRILL BABY DRILL |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Scientists turn nuclear waste into diamond batteries
Tell them to get over to japan and help save the world....
Quoting: Skywatcher+Hunter Or at least create an alternate power source (for the cooling pumps) to keep the reactors from meltdown in case of natural disasters or whatever. " Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord." ~ Jer. 17:5
"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" |
