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Until they have managed to redesign humans point two remains.
by whatshisface 4y ago
Until they have managed to redesign humans point two remains.
- theshrike79 4y agoThe current generation nuclear power stations need active human operation or the process will shut down automatically. Chernobyl-style ancient reactors were the complete opposite - and even it failed mostly because of shitty politics and bad leadership culture.
- unglaublich 4y agoYou can educate humans, or redesign technology to get humans out of the loop.
- nonethewiser 4y agoWho can redesign tech to get humans out of the loop? Humans who designed the original non fail-proof tech?
- zdragnar 4y agoDemanding "fail-proof" is FUD. Even a windmill can fall over and kill someone. What is good design and planning is "fail-safe" which is to say that any failure mode means the plant shuts down gracefully and with as little damage as possible. In the case of windmills, that means sticking them in fields or on open water where people aren't likely to be around. For nuclear plants, that means the whole thing is self contained and designed to stop reacting without direct human control. Every failure mode ends in the nuclear reaction ending with the radioactive materials contained.