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This reply deserves more upvotes; NASA routinely launches big hunks of plutonium, and a nuclear thermal reactor at launch (before it's been turned on) is far le
by idlewords 4y ago
This reply deserves more upvotes; NASA routinely launches big hunks of plutonium, and a nuclear thermal reactor at launch (before it's been turned on) is far less radioactive.
- ETH_start 4y agoThe key point that needs to be related to the public is that the reactor is turned off while in Earth's atmosphere, and a reactor poses very little danger when it's turned off.