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All space nuclear fission reactors use weapons-grade uranium—they'd be impractical otherwise.
by perihelions 2y ago
All space nuclear fission reactors use weapons-grade uranium—they'd be impractical otherwise.
- littlestymaar 2y agoIs there anything like a "space nuclear fission reactor" in the first place? My understanding was that all the so called "nuclear reactors" in space where jus powered by radioactive decay of short-lived material, not by fission.
- two_handfuls 2y agoOh yes there is. The soviets launched two 6 kilowatt fission nuclear reactors in space. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-A https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-A
- littlestymaar 2y agoAh, I wasn't aware of that, thanks!
- philipkglass 2y agoAlso one American reactor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAP-10A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAP-10A
- Iwan-Zotow 2y agoSearch for Topaz space reactor
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