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Re:Nuclear plant shutdowns tied to coal pollution, decreased... by adrianN on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @05:35AM (#14040868)
Chernobyl was the result of turning off all safety mechanisms and running the reactor outside of its design range to see what would happen.
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Re:Nuclear plant shutdowns tied to coal pollution, decreased... by mirimir on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @06:16AM (#14040996)
That was more-or-less my impression.

Edit: See https://www.damninteresting.com/chernobyl/

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