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Re:Portable nuclear reactor program sparks controversy by not2b on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @06:55PM (#27682831)
I'd say that the following issue mentioned in the article is the biggest concern, if these things are deployed in combat zones:

"Kuperman warns that if soldiers were forced to abandon a reactor under attack, an adversary could potentially come into possession of several hundred pounds of highly radioactive waste."

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Re:Portable nuclear reactor program sparks controversy by caddywompus on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @07:10PM (#27682945)
That's a really good point. Something like that could be used to make a "dirty bomb" which aims to disperse material, rather than try to make it react as in a typical nuclear warhead
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