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0 pointslwhi5y ago0 comments

Yes! We will always make huge mistakes.

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

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pdkl955y ago· 2 in thread

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

lwhiOP5y ago

With nuclear .. that's probably a bit difficult

zentiggr5y ago

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.

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