How is it safe to have a nuclear reactor on aircraft carriers and submarines when they are a potential military targets?
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If a nuclear reactor (or even a nuclear bomb) gets hit by an enemy’s bombs or artillery… it won’t just “go off” in the way that a car’s gas tank would explode in an action movie.
Yes, being bombarded by missiles or artillery is not good for a reactor and would likely lead to the release of radioactive material… but if a nuclear sub or carrier is being (successfully) targeted then that means we’re basically in a WWIII scenario where environmental concerns (or crew radiation exposure concerns) start to seem very small-potatoes by comparison.
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