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To: Sid Turtlman who wrote (2708)	6/5/1998 4:11:00 PM
From: John M Connolly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5827

Sid , I had a discussion today with an electrical engineer who owns his own corporation. We discussed application for fuel cells and it was his opinion that nuclear batteries could replace fuel cells in many applications and that some major corporations are working on the safety issues which are the major concern with anything nuclear. Can any one throw light on nuclear batteries? Apparently these are in current use in the military and NASA. I know that this is off the ballard topic but it could have implications. Can anyone enlighten us ? John

To: Sid Turtlman who wrote (2708)	6/5/1998 4:48:00 PM
From: Scott Troy Munroe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5827

Sid: I'll have to research more on California's ZEV legislation before commenting. Most of my sources of information usually come from the SAE's Automotive Engineering or A.S.M.E Mechanical Engineering magazines. From these I envision the obvious trend of the U.S. trying to reduce its foreign dependency on fossil fuels and global pressures to reduce harmful COx et. al. emissions. The California example is probably just the beginning of a long list of legislations due. My interest in Ballard initially started with its fuel cell demonstration in the NECAR I and NECAR II R&D vehicles. Whether or not they meet ZEV requirements I am unsure, but I'm sure Ballard will be providing an alternative to avoid a potential "pollutant" tax.