Both Chernobyl and Fukushima were caused by human idiocy. There are still a few reactors of the same design as Chernobyl, generating power today. These reacto

Both Chernobyl and Fukushima were caused by human idiocy. There are still a few reactors of the same design as Chernobyl, generating power today. These reactors have not exploded. Simply because they follow strict procedure. Fukushima was a consequence of continuous cost cutting by management. It was fully preventable, and construction of improvements even started! They were cancelled due to "cost". Onagawa Nuclear Powerplant survived the same earthquake and tsunami, despite being closer to the epicenter. An analogy: All planes are dangerous because a human can push a red button, or cut costs and crash the airplane. Nuclear Power has the same issue stemming from human idiocy and incompetence. This can be fixed, if only politics and MBAs got out of the way.