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0 pointsCamperBob23y ago0 comments

Chernobyl was very different, due to the negligence factor. "Hold my vodka and watch THIS" is no way to run a nuclear power plant.

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I guess they're arguing that the "fail deadly" design was a design flaw, even if it should never have been encountered in actual operation.

mjb3y ago

Indeed. See "Why INSAG has still got it wrong" by Anatoly Dyatlov himself. The money quote:

> How and why should the operators have compensated for design errors they did not know about?

Dyatlov is clearly biased here, but he raises excellent questions.

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0 pointsCamperBob23y ago0 comments

Chernobyl was very different, due to the negligence factor. "Hold my vodka and watch THIS" is no way to run a nuclear power plant.

I guess they're arguing that the "fail deadly" design was a design flaw, even if it should never have been encountered in actual operation.

mjb3y ago

Indeed. See "Why INSAG has still got it wrong" by Anatoly Dyatlov himself. The money quote:

> How and why should the operators have compensated for design errors they did not know about?

Dyatlov is clearly biased here, but he raises excellent questions.

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