Talk:Atomic battery

message: Radio isotopic generator
Ni-63 beta radiation induces a harmonic oscilation in a piezo-element.Stone 09:58, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nifty. I recall that a similar cantilever-based system was built about a year or two ago (listed under "reciprocating electromechanical atomic batteries" on this page), but this certainly deserves a citation. --Christopher Thomas 17:35, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  something new

message: Currently, the article reads:
"In the French anime Code Lyoko, the supercomputer in the series uses a nuclear battery. This is often believed by some fans to be uranium-based, but the half-life of the battery (20 years or so, judging from the show's established timeline) makes this unlikely, as a uranium battery would last for hundreds if not thousands of years (and the radioactivity would have killed Peter Duncan and Jeremie very quickly). As of now, some fans currently theorize that the fuel for the battery is Lead-210 as its half life is 22.3 years."
The errors are in bold, and suggest that somebody confused nuclear batteries with nuclear reactors.</br>
The first one would only be even close to true if they were using U232, as any other isotope of uranium would still provide well over >95% output after "hundreds if not thousands of years", and would continue to provide consistent power for "millions of years". Further, atomic batteries are non-critical in nature - their function is impeded by a chain reaction, not enhanced by it.</br>
The second is a related issue. Gamma radiation is unsuitable for power, as it's difficult enough to stop, let alone capture as an energy source. If there's no benefit to it, and it presents a safety concern, then there is no sense in using a power source that emits gamma radiation. However, alpha and beta radiation are quite easy to stop, and present little health risk - alpha radiation (The kind produced by the decay of Uranium) can be stopped by almost anything (including the layer of dead skin cells that covers human beings), and beta radiation isn't much harder to contain. Gamma radiation would not be produced at hazardous levels unless the radioisotope used was put into a critical or near-critical state - something for which there is no reason to do in the first place.</br>
Basically, the statement is poorly researched and doesn't fit with established fact.</br>
On another note, I think that a half-life of 22.3 years would make lead unsuitable, as the claimed ~20-year lifespan of the power source would have it degrade to ~50% of it's initial power output in that time span. I could understand a life cycle where a power source is allowed to run down to 85%-80% of it's capacity for powering a discreet object like a computer, but running down to 50% of it's output is just unreasonable. Granted it wasn't supposed to go on so long, but the failure point would have likely been much sooner than that. I suppose over-engineering is the only real answer, although it does lead to questions about how the secret facility disposed of the unneeded power without raising suspicions. Fdgfds 18:13, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors 

message: I'm guessing that there has already been a long discussion of this that is archived somewhere.  Could someone kindly provide me with a link to it? --arkuat (talk) 07:02, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this article called Atomic battery and not [[Nuclear battery]]? 

message: Perhaps the Stirling Radioisotope Generator (SRG) should be included in this section. --Parax (talk) 12:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is now. - Rod57 (talk) 02:37, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thermal converters 

message: See: http://peswiki.com/index.php/Radioactive_battery
It appears to be largely the same article with nearly the same text.
/usr/human/Artemis Chubwell 07:21, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources that need to be cited 

message: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8297934.stm 
Good source for recent development and applications. The linked http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/57794.stm is also good, too. Specifically describes Voyager 1 and Pioneer 10 as powered by Nuclear batteries. 98.222.133.234 (talk) 04:11, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New article from BBC 

message: Like a previous question about the name of the article, I'm guessing the answer to mine is buried somewhere in an archive as well..  Why isn't there a section on safety?  The article on Radioisotope thermoelectric generator has a safety section, and it seems like at least links to safety sections of the most used isotopes.  I'm guessing that lead or something could be used to shield the isotope and whatever is used to convert the emitted energy - but that I'd think add to the weight, which for something like a pacemaker might be a concern.  I'd also (wild) guess that an optoelectric converter might avoid the usual safety concerns all together - but the article on that doesn't say anything either. Jimw338 (talk) 03:13, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Safety section? 

message: In order to complete an assignment for an an English course I am enrolled in a have added 4 extra sources and cited them in the article. 
MattMan1995 (talk) 17:08, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good to me.  Thanks. --ChetvornoTALK 17:17, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional Sources

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message: Nuclear micro-battery doesn't look notable enough for a standalone article, including the work of only one author and the article is rather editorial. Support the 2017 merge proposal. Klbrain (talk) 06:14, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Support for the same reasons. --ChetvornoTALK 11:16, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done long ago. Taylor 49 (talk) 09:48, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

message: Proposing renaming to Nuclear battery. Taylor 49 (talk) 09:48, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename proposal 

message: The description for the inset pacemaker graphic says "Radioisotope-powered cardiac pacemaker being developed by the Atomic Energy Commission, is planned to stimulate the pulsing action of a malfunctioning heart. Circa 1967." Aside from the "Circa 1967" at the end, this is written as if it were work currently underway. The United States Atomic Energy Commission was dissolved in 1975 (the United States Department of Energy is its current successor). Is there any reason not to rewrite this in past tense, perhaps as "A radioisotope-powered cardiac pacemaker was being developed by the Atomic Energy Commission, circa 1967, and was planned to stimulate the pulsing action of a malfunctioning heart" to be clearer? I have no idea whether the work ever was completed or led to an available device. —Salton Finneger (talk) 18:06, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pacemaker graphic