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  • pelya@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    10 months ago

    At this moment, 1 gram of radioactive Nickel-63 costs around 4,000 USD. Nickel-63 isotope does not occur in nature, it is obtained by irradiating Nickel-62 inside a nuclear reactor.

    • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
      82·
      10 months ago

      The world needs breeder reactors anyways, build out a lot of gen 4 plants and make Nickle-63 to boot.