atomchaser
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A gram of Tritium is a huge amount in regard to these type of devices. I'm not sure how much tritium an ACOG uses but it is probably a Curie or less. For reference a self-illuminated exit sign uses about 25 curies. Using the above quoted $30,000 per gram figure, that would be about $3 dollars of tritium in an ACOG. Of course the NRC licensing, manufacturing, waste disposal considerations with radioactive material are not insignificant additional costs. Tritium can be pain to deal with with but in such small quantities, it's not much of hazard.