• @Rotten_potato@lemmy.world
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    2110 months ago

    Sounds very similar to the old Soviet pacemakers with radioisotope batteries. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, records about them got lost and so a bunch of people have been buried with pretty radioactive stuff in their chest. I don’t think we (as developed societies) are going to take that risk for some phone batteries…

    • @NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
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      3110 months ago

      I don’t think we (as developed societies) are going to take that risk for some phone batteries…

      Not unless it’s profitable, at least…

      • Atelopus-zeteki
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        210 months ago

        Fortunately for us, Nickel 63 decays to plain old Copper 63, which is stable. Science! However too much copper in the diet can be deleterious.