AW: Nuclear-powered spacecraft plan feared

["Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>]

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Von: 	owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]  Im Auftrag von Grimm, Lawrence

Gesendet:	Donnerstag, 06. Februar 2003 19:34

An:	Radsafe (E-mail)

Betreff:	RE: Nuclear-powered spacecraft plan feared



Radsafers:



A radsafer sent me the following (slightly edited), and my response to him

follows.  I am seeking your comments/advice on the assumptions I am making

regarding a Pu accident.

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Lawrence and Radsafers,



I would like to remind all of you, that some decades ago, a satellite with a

Pu-238 battery on board was vaporized on its reentry into the atmosphere. So

this could be a good hint to the "hazards" of plutonium batteries from

spacecrafts or satellites. Unfortunately I do not have any literature at

hand, but I think, that some RADSAFErs will remember this event.

One consequence is for sure: In spite of the Pu distributed mankind has not

been exterminated!



Best regards,



Franz







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