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Old August 29th 20, 05:05 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
Bill W
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Default Power camera for a lifetime on one charge. Nuclear batteries

On Aug 29, 2020, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com):

On Aug 29, 2020, danny burstein wrote
(in article ):


writes:

On 29/08/2020 6:44 pm, RichA wrote:
This would be terrific. But political busybodies and other morons
would try to stop it. Even though pacemakers have had nuclear
powered electronics for 40 years.


Err, no, no, nogity no.

There was a _short_ period in the 1970's where plutonium
powered pacemakers were, indeed, tested and installed
in patients.


I remember the 1970’s “Staticmaster” polonium antistatic vinyl disc
brushes which came complete with radiation warnings.
https://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/consumer%20products/staticeliminator.htm


I wonder if Litvinenko owned one of those...