Nuclear Risk of Pluto Launch Accident Minimal

Sixteen Energy Dept. mobile emergency field teams and two Radiological Control Centers (RADCCs) will be positioned within and around Cape Canaveral to ensure public safety in the unlikely event of an Atlas V launch accident with the nuclear-powered New Horizons spacecraft. During launch, set for Jan...

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