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BlueSkyToday t1_j1p3ws0 wrote

Reply to comment by ItsAConspiracy in Nuclear fusion breakthrough: What does it mean for space exploration? by Gari_305

In a world where people are deeply upset about the environmental health effects of fragments of shells made out depleted uranium, I don't think that scattering highly enriched uranium is going to fly.

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ItsAConspiracy t1_j1pzpeu wrote

And yet, plutonium-238 has flown multiple times, and that's way more radioactive.

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