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Re:Nuclear battery produces power for 50 years without needi... by gus_massa on Saturday January 13, 2024 @07:36AM (#38979402)
It's "Nickel 63". Someone mistranslated it to "63 isotopes" and all press articles are cut&pasting the error.
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Re:Nuclear battery produces power for 50 years without needi... by eesmith on Saturday January 13, 2024 @08:07AM (#38979601)
Thanks!

Article about Russian research into a ⁶³Ni battery at https://phys.org/news/2018-06-prototype-nuclear-battery-powe... with a link to the scientific publication at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09259... .

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