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minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agothis is how 238Pu ceramic pellets for space probe generators look like, no fission required just alpha decay. If it was fission, it wouldn’t need to glow like this entire time because you can just turn it off
minus-squaregnutrino@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWell, either you can turn it off or you’re about a microsecond away from being vaporized.
this is how 238Pu ceramic pellets for space probe generators look like, no fission required just alpha decay. If it was fission, it wouldn’t need to glow like this entire time because you can just turn it off
Well, either you can turn it off or you’re about a microsecond away from being vaporized.