You reckon during the 44 years Fukushima Daiitchi operated there were no systems control and data acquisition upgrades?

And you reckon that the site operated for 44 years on a Gen II design without melting down is somehow an insisted or how unsafe those reactors were.

If that earthquake and tsunami had been only a bit different in either magnitude or location, those reactors could be operating still now.

Or if the plant operated had hardened those backup generators and water pumps a bit more.

There are 70 AP1000 reactors in operation, construction or planned.

Look at this:

Because of its simplified design compared to a Westinghouse generation II PWR, the AP1000 has:

50% fewer safety-related valves 35% fewer pumps 80% less safety-related piping 85% less control cable 45% less seismic building volume

Isn’t this the kind of thing hackers and tech advocates should be getting a raging hardon over.

This reactor does nearly twice as much as its predecessor using half the materials to build, at least for some systems.