Showing posts with label Nuclear Waste Can Be Treated So Batteries. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

With Diamond, Nuclear Waste Can Be Treated So Batteries

Waste generated from any human activity on Earth would have a bad effect on the environment if not addressed properly, not to mention nuclear waste. To that end, the researchers are currently trying to harness nuclear waste to be processed into a long battery life.

Using a man-made diamond, batteries made of nuclear waste is estimated to last more than 5,000 years. Thus, the battery will be able to support devices requiring long-term battery power like a pacemaker, drones, satellites and spacecraft.

Scientists create diamond radiaktif battery by converting nuclear waste. They say this breakthrough could help solve the problem of waste into nuclear-powered battery and clean energy supply in the long term. "There are no moving parts, no emissions are generated and do not need treatment," the expert geochemical University of Bristol, Tom Scott.

Now researchers in the stage of improving the efficiency of the device. The researchers created the prototype 'batteries diamonds' using radioactive isotopes Nickel-63 as a radiation source. To do this, they use carbon-14 to moderate reactions at nuclear power plants.