I’m not finding actual costs but since these are stable and not exceedingly rare isotopes the cost of a milligram or two might not be prohibitive. After all, how many samples of “spent fuel” have been provided?
but since these are stable and not exceedingly rare isotopes the cost of a milligram or two might not be prohibitive.They may be stable and not exceedingly rare, but as far as I know, separating them out is an expensive proposition (but if anyone has any references to the contrary, I would love to see them).
This would be the same process that various countries around the world are spending huge amounts of money to try to develop, in order to enrich Uranium and Plutonium for use in nuclear bombs.
If Rossi has developed a method of doing this in his kitchen, it would be a bigger breakthrough than a box that produces a small amount of hot water with a bit of steam.