Edited on Fri Apr-23-10 01:36 PM by OneTenthofOnePercent
Chernobyl was a TERRIBLE design and the operators didn't understand how the system responds to changes. The operators both caused and exasperated the runaway reactions. To top it off... they had NO containment system once it blew up in your face. That plant was just begging for a cotastrophe. Lack of safety and training (no regulation) are the DIRECT causes of the Chernobyl nuclear event. They were not some victim of nuclear happenstance or bad luck.
There are modern designs which are WAYYYY more fail safe in that they do not fail in a mode which reaches criticality. Plus, modern computer control goes a long way to counteract human error.
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