Nuclear Reactors 168 - U.S. Government Puts Out Draft Plan for Over 12 Billion Dollars of Nuclear Loan Guarantees

         I have often mentioned that the nuclear industry enjoys special treatment from the U.S. government. The Nuclear Regulatory Agency is not enforcing regulations rigorously for the operators of nuclear power plants. Billions and billions of dollars have been handed out in grants and loan guarantees.

Nuclear Batteries 1 - New Betavoltaic Nuclear Batteries

         I have mentioned nuclear batteries in past blog posts. They are especially useful for long term low power devices such as space probes or medical implants. Research into the betavolatic version of nuclear battery technology is over fifty years old. Early cardiac pacemakers used a nuclear battery based on promethium until lower cost lithium ion batteries became available.

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