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zypofaeser t1_j5vot8z wrote
Reply to comment by MrStayPuftSeesYou in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676
The main issue is the radiation emitted during the blast. That has a higher lethal radius compared to the explosion. But still, somewhat managable.
zypofaeser t1_j5uo1uy wrote
Reply to comment by Nickp000g in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676
A test was done back in the day. Equivalent to a few tons of TNT.
zypofaeser t1_j5unajn wrote
Reply to comment by ShittyBeatlesFCPres in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676
Relatively short burn times. Thus only a small radioactive inventory of fission products.
zypofaeser t1_j5un2ng wrote
Reply to comment by FrostyAcanthocephala in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676
Just uranium. Like, what is found naturally all over the place.
zypofaeser t1_j6bdbbm wrote
Reply to comment by verstohlen in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Less than what's already in the ocean in terms of radioactivity.