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Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by red75prime on Friday January 19, 2018 @03:26AM (#16184842)
The political fallout will probably be more dangerous than adding another kilowatt-class nuclear reactor to decaying megawatt-class ones on sunken submarines.
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Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by ahoka on Friday January 19, 2018 @04:57AM (#16185152)
This actually happened in the past. A Russian radar satellite failed to eject its nuclear reactor to a safe parking orbit and fell in Canada instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_954

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Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by mholmes680 on Friday January 19, 2018 @10:22AM (#16186845)
Never heard about this before, thanks for above link. Good link on Kosmos 954 recovery operation here: http://nationalinterest.org/feature/operation-morning-light-...
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