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☢️ Japan powered a radio with nuclear waste radiation inside Fukushima Daiichi.

No radioactive material inside: a crystal glows under gamma rays, a solar cell turns it into ~1 µW.

A worker there hits the yearly dose limit in 1.5 hours.

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October 27, 2026 at 2:00 AM