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> Anyhow, the people and their horrifying decision making processes are the real enemies presented in Chernobyl, in my opinion. And to me that's actually the b
by brazzy 7y ago
> Anyhow, the people and their horrifying decision making processes are the real enemies presented in Chernobyl, in my opinion.
And to me that's actually the best argument against nuclear reactors being "safe". We may have better technology, but we don't have better people or organizations, not really. To the victims, it does not matter whether the mismanagement was due to political careerism, greed and corner-cutting, or just laziness.
For an example look at what can happen without any external event in the nation that invented Six-Sigma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokaimura_nuclear_accident#In_1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokaimura_nuclear_accident#In_...
- AstralStorm 7y agoYes. Two people died. A real tragedy. For comparison, two miners for coal die every hour. Similar for bauxite. More for diamond, gold and tantalum. Not even counting residual deaths attributable to pollution.