Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: Ensuring Safety on Earth from Nuclear Sources in Space

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Ensuring Safety on Earth from Nuclear Sources in Space | IAEA: In early 1978, the world steeled itself as gravity pulled an uncontrolled satellite powered by a small reactor fueled with 45 kg of highly enriched uranium towards Earth.