blow-point

Updated: May 10, 2025

Life settled into a dull routine of labor, sleep, and the brief relief of the crude white mule from the still. They were six weeks out and almost finished with the tube cleaning when Number Two tube blew. Bits of the remaining radioactive fuel must have collected slowly until they reached blow-point. Feldman in Number One would have gone sailing out into space, but Ben reacted at once.

Lester Del Rey - Badge of Infamy