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When in a nuclear-powered aircraft, how much atomic waste products in the exhaust is a bad thing?

1,430 ComradeSandman  3 days ago

Uh, asking for a friend.
On the plus side, it creates a truly breathtaking effect of glowing lights in the contrail.

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Yeah, okay, that's definitely not good.

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    In most nuclear-powered rocket engine designs, any radioactive material at all being in the exhaust is a very bad thing, because they're generally designed such that this doesn't happen so if it is happening you're probably experiencing a nuclear meltdown. There are designs where radioactive material in the exhaust would be intentional, such as the open cycle gas-core NTR -- but as Atomic Rockets very eloquently puts it, that "more or less makes the exhaust plume a weapon of mass destruction".

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    I also remember that you stated that the jet you are in is nuclear powered and has a half life of like idk.

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    @Boeing727200F um

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    @Graingy dis u

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