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I've ran the numbers and based on the actual run experience of the RBMK it will end it's life as a reactor design having killed less than half as many people pe
by joshjob42 4y ago
I've ran the numbers and based on the actual run experience of the RBMK it will end it's life as a reactor design having killed less than half as many people per TWh as American coal did in recent years using the 4000 expected dead number estimate from the WHO and EPA numbers for coal. There were some upgrades to the RBMK post Chernobyl but fundamentally simple operational changes would've prevented any further catastrophes.
If the worst designed reactor of all time and the only one subject to the only accident in nuclear history to kill a large number of people is significantly safer per unit electricity than coal, it's not crazy to say that all the plants that are radically safer than said reactor design probably are spending too much on safety.