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It's not a bad article, but I do take exception to: On 26 April 1986, the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded during a routine stress
by matthewmacleod 10y ago
It's not a bad article, but I do take exception to:
On 26 April 1986, the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded during a routine stress test.
… which is emphatically not what happened!
- 2sk21 10y agoIndeed, many safeguards were deliberately disabled during this "test".
- pja 10y agoWell, it was a test & it was deliberate. But definitely not routine. I imagine the author is trying to convey that it was a pre-planned action, not a response to some kind of emergency. It was still a terrible, terrible idea of course.
- my123 10y agoIt was designed to be done at the day shift, but they needed additionnal power at that time... (so it ended being done by people without training)