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Re:They Fictionalize Nuclear Disasters Like Chernobyl Becaus... by TheOtherHobbes on Friday May 31, 2019 @11:00AM (#20061497)
The worst case scenario would have rendered large parts of Europe uninhabitable.

That worst case scenario was only avoided through a combination of luck and suicidal - not always informed and voluntary - heroism.

And its disingenuous to reduce this to "lives affected." Even ignoring the deaths, the economic opportunity costs in all affected countries absolutely overshadow the economic value of all of the electricity ever generated by the plant.

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Re:They Fictionalize Nuclear Disasters Like Chernobyl Becaus... by LorenPechtel on Friday May 31, 2019 @04:16PM (#20064545)
What's this supposed worst case incident?

Chernobyl went prompt critical, that's about as bad as it can get. Chernobyl basically disproved the China Syndrome fears--everything that was supposed to cause a China Syndrome accident happened--but it only managed to burn it's way into the basement. The core doesn't stay in one blob, it responds to what it's eating through, changes shape and ceases to be critical.

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