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Economical atomic battery offers increased power, reduced size
Scientists at the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (Moscow, Russia) say they have developed a compact atomic battery that can last up to 20 years. by Rich Pell @ smart2zero.com Based on an original patented microchannel 3D structure of a nickel beta-voltaic element,...
Continue ReadingHSN-1000 Nuclear Event Detector
DDC's HSN-1000 radiation-hardened Hybrid Nuclear Event Detector (NED) senses ionizing radiation pulses generated by a nuclear event, such as the detonation of a nuclear weapon, and rapidly switches its output from the normal high state to a low state with a propagation delay time of...
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Quickly identify radioactive materials with a pocket-sized ion chamber. Built from standard parts for easy manufacture and low cost. by Carlos Garcia Saura: Nuclear radiation is invisible and can be harmful to life. The goal of this project is to provide a simple device that could...
Continue ReadingNuclear physics applied in smoke detectors
by robertgawron.blogspot.com: Not many people know, but in some smoke detectors, radioactive materials play an essential role. Today I will present one of those devices, and my -successful- attempt to reverse engineer it and get the circuit diagram. Nuclear physics applied in smoke...
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