polonium would be actually a decent choice, if you picked some heavy beta or gamma emiter you’d get massive amounts of water radiolysis which means that over time tea would be bleached out and you end up with water again. another good isotope would be plutonium 238
and samovar probably needs to be made out of tungsten or kept in reinforced concrete vault to keep radiation in and not out
Plutonium 238 is renowned as the most controllable nuclear fuel for spontaneous fission, common element of RTGs and such. I’d certainly go with it
And yes, certainly the case should be tough - and there should be the ability to passively remove heat, especially when tea isn’t there (which is bad, but hey, let’s not increase the tragedy by having nuclear meltdown)
Now I want properly insulated nuclear samovar
polonium would be actually a decent choice, if you picked some heavy beta or gamma emiter you’d get massive amounts of water radiolysis which means that over time tea would be bleached out and you end up with water again. another good isotope would be plutonium 238
and samovar probably needs to be made out of tungsten or kept in reinforced concrete vault to keep radiation in and not out
Plutonium 238 is renowned as the most controllable nuclear fuel for spontaneous fission, common element of RTGs and such. I’d certainly go with it
And yes, certainly the case should be tough - and there should be the ability to passively remove heat, especially when tea isn’t there (which is bad, but hey, let’s not increase the tragedy by having nuclear meltdown)