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The half-life of fuel for these reactors is very long - over 100,000 years. So for all practical biological effects they are basically stable. If it exploded

The half-life of fuel for these reactors is very long - over 100,000 years. So for all practical biological effects they are basically stable. If it exploded before it was activated (far into space), it would be about the same danger to people and the environment as the rest of the exploding metal the rocket was made of.

bildung 9y ago
The half-life of the currently used fuel (Plutonium 238) is 87 years.
- Filligree 9y ago
  The article is about a reactor that does not use plutonium.
  - bildung 9y ago
    Yeah, but this subthread is about protest reasons :) The reactor in the article (and the half-life of it's fuel) can't be the reason people are protesting.