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Old 28-April-2008, 12:50 AM
neilzero neilzero is offline
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I see Sr89 is also a -beta source with about three times the intensity of Sr90, so
Sr89 might work well in an RTG? The shorter half life = 51 days may not be a severe disadvantage? If the world uses a ton of Sr90 per year, then ten tons is a large stock pile, but ten tons only makes about 20,000 RTGs. Neil
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