David Weinshenker wrote:
> I thought technology had been developed (for RTG programs)
> to make containers for radioactives that can survive even
> an accidental re-entry...
It can, but the facts don't enter the conversation with anti-nukers.
"What if it fails?" they ask. These people niether like nor trust
anything technological. (And some will even tell you about it on
their web site - go figure.)
> Now that's just plain silly... space propulsion is one of the
> few applications for nuclear power that _isn't_ sinfully wasteful
> of the energy density. (Ocean propulsion - especially submarines -
> may be another...)
Yup. But you can't use it there if you can't get it there. And they
don't want you to get it there because it might be bad, maybe,
possibly, in a million years.
Michael
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