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What if an RTG did burn up in re-entry?

April 26, 2017burn Re-entry RTG

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What if an RTG did burn up in re-entry?

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In 1964 the Transit 5BN navigational satellite reentered the atmosphere and the satellite along with the RTG burned up in the atmosphere. However, this RTG was designed by the U.S. Navy before the philosophy of containing the radioactive material upon reentry was adopted, and instead was designed to burn up in the upper atmosphere about 75 miles up. There was a small amount of material that was spread over a large area so it didn’t create any environmental impact.