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		niels_olson on Aug 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to ... Interesting point of note: the US Navy's nuclear program has far more miles of safe travel than the shuttle program, or any other program ever, despite a maximum speed in the vicinity of 30 mph. That means the number of operating hours is fantastically larger.

mpyne on Aug 23, 2013 [–]

That true, though I'll note it's only "safe" in the context of the reactor, not the whole ship.

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