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What happens if your rocket loaded with radioactive material explodes? Especially at high altitude?
by dharmab 3y ago
What happens if your rocket loaded with radioactive material explodes? Especially at high altitude?
- oceanplexian 3y agoThis is a solved problem, we already put nuclear fuel on rockets for stuff like RTGs, and they are shielded so well that even when they go wrong, it doesn't spread past the crash site. The other thing is that with re-usable rockets you could spread the waste over a large number of launches, and fire them off over the ocean. If something goes wrong with any single launch, the risk to people or property would be pretty small.
- antonvs 3y agoRTGs contain tiny amounts of nuclear material by comparison. It’s easy to shield such a small amount.