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Originally Posted by AJames
Ah! Thanks for posting this... I didn't really know what they were using such power for the Russian satellites for... Makes perfect sense now! 
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Interesting that they designed the core to be jettisoned prior to re-entry, so at least 14 of these reactors are still floating around up there in "disposal" orbits. Yikes.
Edit: Here is a more comprehensive list of RTGs and reactors:
http://www.space4peace.org/ianus/npsm3.htm