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Old Aug 7, 2012, 04:25 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by FordGT90Concept View Post
It uses plutonium-238 which has a half-life of 87.7 years. It loses 0.787% power output every year.

If your 125w figure is correct, everything I see says it will produce about 100w in 14 years. 100w is the minimum required to operate, apparently.
Plutonium? Really? No cooling?
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