bojacobs , to histodons group
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Nuclear reactors were invented to kill people. Within a year of the first full-scale reactor coming online at in 1944, they were the key to killing almost 100,000 people in .

"Born Violent: The Origins of Nuclear Power"

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333617931_Born_Violent_The_Origins_of_Nuclear_Power#fullTextFileContent

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Yes, and the reactors in modern submarines are order of magnitude more powerful than the bombs over Japan, but they cannot be detonated.

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