A team of scientists at Bristol University have developed a technology
that uses radioactive waste to create a nuclear powered battery encased
in man-made diamond with a potential lifespan of thousands of years.
Unlike the majority of electricity-generation technologies, which use
energy to move a magnet through a coil of wire to generate a current,
the researchers said that the man-made diamond is able to produce a
charge simply by being placed in close proximity to a radioactive
source.
“There are no moving parts involved, no emissions generated and no
maintenance required, just direct electricity generation,” explained Tom Scott, Professor in Materials in the University’s Interface Analysis Centre and a member of the Cabot Institute.
“By encapsulating radioactive material inside diamonds, we turn a
long-term problem of nuclear waste into a nuclear-powered battery and a
long-term supply of clean energy.”
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