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I think that's probably why they went with cutting the rope with an axe instead of some mechanical mechanism like moving the pawl from the ratchet that lifts th

• wbillingsley 6y ago
  Incident report: shortly before the meltdown, we believe the safety supervisor was knocked unconscious by an improperly secured axe head that became detached from the handle swung by the junior safety officer. We recommend increased testing of axe head attachment mechanisms in future nuclear safety devices.