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Re:Tiny 'nuclear batteries' unveiled by Xichekolas on Thursday October 08, 2009 @07:41PM (#870253)
One of the newer technologies (there are several ways to skin the nuclear-battery cat) is refered to as "betavoltaics". Presumably this make them sound enough like solar panels to sneak by. ;) The name actually is related to how they work at least (beta particles into semiconductors).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betavoltaics

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