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We've learned a lot from and since Chernobyl. Chernobyl came about because the people running the plant made a string of willfully stupid decisions to try out

We've learned a lot from and since Chernobyl. Chernobyl came about because the people running the plant made a string of willfully stupid decisions to try out a safety feature for the plant. This isn't to say that democracy isn't superior to single-party rule, but that no one would invest in building a modern nuclear reactor and play fast and loose with safety procedures.

guscost 12y ago
Arguably the people who built Chernobyl also made a willfully stupid decision to leave out passive safety features: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_nuclear_safety http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_nuclear_safety