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minus-squareCrotaro@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThank you for pointing that out. Nuclear reactors today (and many even “back then”) are very, very stable and have so many safeties in place, that it’s hard to cause a second Chernobyl meltdown, if I’m not mistaken.
minus-squareOmega_Haxors@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoModern designs literally can’t melt down, have failsafes built in to the design, and run using literal nuclear waste.
Thank you for pointing that out. Nuclear reactors today (and many even “back then”) are very, very stable and have so many safeties in place, that it’s hard to cause a second Chernobyl meltdown, if I’m not mistaken.
Modern designs literally can’t melt down, have failsafes built in to the design, and run using literal nuclear waste.