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Re:Small nuclear reactors: tiny NuScale reactor gets safety ... by godelski on Thursday September 03, 2020 @10:00PM (#24371023)
An earthquake that was one of the largest ever recorded and resulting in one of the largest tsunamis ever as well. So you know, pretty common circumstances.
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Re:Small nuclear reactors: tiny NuScale reactor gets safety ... by varjag on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:18AM (#24375120)
That the '1000 year tsunami' happened 40 years after commissioning is more suggestive of engineering incompetence than bad luck. And unlike bad luck, incompetence is a lot more prevalent.
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Re:Small nuclear reactors: tiny NuScale reactor gets safety ... by godelski on Friday September 04, 2020 @01:27PM (#24376995)
You just defined bad luck. They did plan for better than a 100 year earthquake. They met those standards. Problem is sometimes you flip 10 heads in a row (equivalent to 1000 year event), when they could only handle 7.
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