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Re:How safe are nuclear power plants? by blibble on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @04:16AM (#32493700)
> building an insane reactor design (positive void coefficient of reactivity--no other reactor built by any other country has ever done this)

you may want to speak to the Canadians, as their reactor design also has a positive void coefficient

(admittedly a small one)

Re:How safe are nuclear power plants? by pdonis on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @11:00AM (#32497313)
Yes, I forgot about CANDU. To fully describe the insanity of the Chernobyl design, we could add no secondary containment, graphite moderator but water coolant, poorly designed shutdown system, bad control rod design, and probably others I've forgotten. CANDU does not share any of those other insane features.