Does your battery produce radiation?

Our battery emits no radiation outside of its packaging.  In fact, the radiation emitted within the battery package is in the form of electrons with very low energy that can be shielded with a very thin sheet paper and cannot even penetrate the dermal layer of human skin.

Is Tritium safe? 

Yes, Tritium is known to be one of the most benign radioisotopes and has been used in lighting products such as wrist watches, gun sights, aircraft instrument panels, emergency exit signs in commercial aircraft, exit signs in stores such as Bed Bath & Beyond and Wal-Mart.

When will your Battery be ready?

We already have a working laboratory scale prototype and we are developing a full L10 prototype (10 microwatts at inception) that will be ready for commercial testing within about 6 months.

How do you know that your Tritium Battery will last 20 years?

City Labs’ battery is fueled by Tritium, a radioisotope, with a half-life of 12.3 years. This means that only half of the battery’s fuel will be used in the first 12 years and internally, the battery will continuously emit low powered electrons independent of temperature or any environmental conditions. This is very different to conventional batteries that are dependent on chemical reactions to produce electrons in order to provide power. Even if a conventional battery has enough chemical fuel to last 20 years, the chemical reactions in the battery are extremely sensitive to impurities, temperature variations and other environmental factors causing a host of battery life reliability issues that are not present in a radioisotope based battery. In addition, the wear and tear test of a Tritium Battery can be accurately simulated by exposing the batteries internal parts to 20 years worth of electron emissions, which can be done in a matter of weeks in special laboratories.

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