2187 - The 50 Year Nuclear Battery From China And How To Make Your Own Version

Next episode is how to diy a small thorium reactor to power your whole house.😊

This dude has the energy of that uncle you were always extremely excited to go see as a child.

This is the type of Man that was my Physics teacher in the 80's, enthusiastic and loved trying to blow the science room up or blind us all with lasers. We need more people like this educating our Children.

It's so exciting learning new ways go get onto watch-lists. Keep it coming!

This part of opening smoke sensors for its nuclear source remembers me a kid years ago that caused a nuclear accident while attempting to build his own home-made miniature nuclear reactor for his college science fair.

A nuclear battery, etc, of low power can be assisted by a capacitor for when a relatively large amount of power is needed, say a transistor radio or a LED lamp to function when needed.

Its like seeing every experiment from my scientific books brought to life. Always amazed how fast you knock out these videos while still being quality. nuke battery was something i made after reading about the radioactive boy scout which eventually lead to making B.E.A.M robots, fm transmitters, rc airplanes, cnc devices...list goes on.

I watch a lot of science videos along with a science background but Robert MS seems to be the science teacher I never had. To be fair I have a lot of trouble keeping up with his latest project. This one was a mash of all I know about pn junctions and semiconducters together with nuclear physics. I am in awe.

So if my math is correct, assuming 1mA at 110 mV, it should produce 9.504 Joules of energy over 24 hours. For a red LED operating at a F.V. of 2V with a current draw of 20 mA, the energy if stored with no losses or leakage would be enough to keep it lit for 237.6 seconds or ~4 minutes. This could prove to be extremely useful for supplying enough power to actuate some relays (or beefy transistors) and wake up hibernating electronics in applications where they’ll remain turned off for extended periods of time. 4 of these nuclear batteries could maintain a 1000mAh NiMH battery at 80% state of charge for 156 years. Or maybe you could create an atomic clock utilising the time-averaged regularity of the decays.

This is such a cool video. Love the extra detail on the history of the battery as well as the practical demonstration. Look forward to the next one!!!

Sir , you are funny, brilliant, and supremely entertaining. Always interesting! Thank you.

Thank you, Sir Anthony Hopkins, for this fascinating information.

Idk how to explain the dopamine rush i felt when it all clicked how it worked. Incredibly clever engineering, and i applaud you for taking a stab at one in your garage. Thank you, im subscribed now

You make all this so much fun, Robert!

I just wanted to say I love your energy and your way of explaining. I got the idea of how this works now with little pre knowledge which makes you an excellent teacher

Nice demonstration. In 1960s, our military developed a portable nuclear plant that operates years providing a local power plant anywhere. There's a military documentary on yt showing this. And just in recent news this concept is being revisited. Thanks for sharing and providing good inspiration.

That cackle at 10:00 is why I adore you...... You are my favorite mad, funny, lovable, not-at-all-evil scientist!

Wow ... this .. is why i love this channel

This was wonderful :) Educational, entertaining and your joy mirrored mine :) I love seeing people enjoy doing what they do and I thank you for the informative content :)

Robert, I just want to say: Love you! Thank You for excellent content. You are the best!