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Blakut t1_j23892g wrote

Reply to comment by HeebieMcJeeberson in What if we kept pursuing nuclear spacecraft propulsion? by rosTopicEchoChamber

how would one prevent neutrons from totally wrecking yout shit?

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HeebieMcJeeberson t1_j238pkg wrote

The casing around the thing is a neutron-absorbant boron material, the same as used in conventional reactors. Eventually the boron becomes radioactive and has to be changed, and this is the waste the author talked about ejecting toward the sun.

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