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You're going to have to show the reports that said such things ("core damage does not occur during any design basis event") for those old designs
by jason0597 7y ago
You're going to have to show the reports that said such things ("core damage does not occur during any design basis event") for those old designs
- blattimwind 7y agoIt's more or less a tautology, because the most severe accident the reactor is thought to withstand is the design-basis event. AFAIK in the instances of Fukushima and Chernobyl/RBMK it was later thought that the design basis was simply incorrect.