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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ComputerGuru on Saturday July 30, 2022 @06:47PM (#32291142)
It was poor reactor design combined with downright stupid actions by management. But a nuclear plant should be somewhat stupid-proof.
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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by MichaelCollins on Saturday July 30, 2022 @07:04PM (#32291255)
For whatever it's worth, Russia continues to operate several RBMK reactors today, and haven't blown any of them up since Chernobyl in the 80s. This is probably attributable to some combination of the retrofits they made after Chernobyl, generally treating the matter more seriously, and maybe luck.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBMK#List_of_RBMK_reactors

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Saturday July 30, 2022 @10:38PM (#32292647)
Retrofits have not generally occurred. The person most personally responsible was given control of another one.
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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by MichaelCollins on Sunday July 31, 2022 @12:43PM (#32296762)
The retrofits did occur. The second sentence of your comment does not relate to the first; 'retrofit' does not mean "change in management"
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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Sunday July 31, 2022 @10:30PM (#32301258)
We know at least some retrofits were done.
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