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Re:UK scientists generate electricity from Americium to powe... by sandworm101 on Friday May 03, 2019 @09:46AM (#19818380)
>>> used the heat generated from this highly radioactive material to generate enough electric current to light up a small lightbulb ...

Sounds like an americium-powered RTG to me, albeit not a particularly powerful one.

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Re:UK scientists generate electricity from Americium to powe... by imglorp on Friday May 03, 2019 @10:58AM (#19818998)
Powering a lightbulb for 432 years? Sign me up.
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