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Yes! We will always make huge mistakes.

.. so we need to accept the eventuality that the worst result will eventually occur.



...which is why it's important to design things to fail safely. That "worst result" needs to be minimized by design.


With nuclear .. that's probably a bit difficult


There are much-safer-by-design reactor plans out there now. Hopefully the "nuclear is horribly unsafe by default" opinions will consider the new options.


The worst scenario is always meltdown.




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