This was extracted from a online mag:

"Donald R. Sadoway is the John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry at MIT. And he is convinced he has a responsibility to help the public understand what is at stake with Boeing’s (BA) 787 lithium-ion battery woes. He also has advice for how Boeing should attack the problem.

In a nutshell, Sadoway thinks that Boeing needs to monitor the temperature and cool each of the eight cells of the 787′s lithium-ion battery or switch to an older battery technology that has a far better safety record — nickel metal-hydride (NiMH)."


I didn´t studied at MIT but I don´t consider using nothing but NiMh´s in my jets.