Reply to post: Re By the way, an RTG is not a nuclear reactor in the sense I believe you are infering.

Re By the way, an RTG is not a nuclear reactor in the sense I believe you are infering.

Oh, I know (The Martian etc :) ) but the point remains ... any failure in launching something with that much radioactive material on board really doesn't bear thinking about. Especially if it landed somewhere deep in the ocean.