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Not in the same sense people usually mean "nuclear war". Swapping many ICBMs is a lot more deadly than letting one NPP go critical.
by CoastalCoder 5y ago
Not in the same sense people usually mean "nuclear war".
Swapping many ICBMs is a lot more deadly than letting one NPP go critical.
- ABeeSea 5y agoSo if someone detonated a dirty bomb in Russia, that wouldn’t be nuclear war?
- s1artibartfast 5y agoIt would, but still better than glassing cities with ICBMs
- cesarb 5y ago> than letting one NPP go critical. Just nitpicking, but AFAIK nuclear power plants already "go critical" whenever they're operating (according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_(status) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_(status) "Criticality is the normal operating condition of a nuclear reactor, in which nuclear fuel sustains a fission chain reaction.")
- CoastalCoder 5y agoThanks, I didn't realize I was using the wrong term! I'm not sure why the parent post was downvoted. It was on-topic and taught me something relevant.