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Re:Fukushima by jscheel on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @10:32AM (#10258793)
I felt a bit of that sentiment, but it didn't seem ham-handed. If you are interested in reading about nuclear accidents and the things we can learn from them, I highly suggest Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20820098-atomic-accident...). He's pro-nuclear, but acknowledges that there are still things to learn about safe containment. His focus is mainly, and rightly, on the unrelenting power of steam, and how a reactor going prompt critical can tear down even the strongest safety mechanisms when it causes a huge spike in pressure.
Re:Fukushima by jahewson on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @12:31PM (#10259682)
Is "ham-handed" a cross between being "heavy-handed" and "ham-fisted"? :)
Re:Fukushima by lotharbot on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @04:01PM (#10261265)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ham-handed

it means the same thing as ham-fisted, more or less.