Re: Plutonium on Next Atlas V - Bad Idea?

"stork" <tbandrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1124221909.814452.194390
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Ok. I stand corrected then. At 1-300, then, they should use a better
> vehicle.
>
> I wonder though, what would happen to plutonium if it hit the ocean?
> Wouldn't it combust and form some sort of plutonium oxide?

It's already an oxide; chemical reactivity should be very low.

--Damon

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