So I always wondered what is the issue that countries/companies do not look on manufacturing “mini” atomic generators?
I know that there exist small atomic generators maybe but they are like the size of a house or at least of a room.
Why not using e.g 10 grams or even 1 gram of uranium or any other suitable element to make really small generators that could fit e.g inside a bike or a small car?
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Making a nuclear reactor for controlled fission is already extremely difficult to do at scale. It would be virtually impossible to miniaturize.
Using the heat off of uncontrolled fission, like the Mars rovers do, is problematic because it relies on having some *really* radioactive material.
It would be a combination of all but impossible and very dangerous.
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