drkohler on 29 September 2010
| rocketpig said
And Chernobyl melted down because it was poorly maintained and was built far under any western specification for nuclear plants... 25 years ago. |
No. Chernobyl type reactors use a completely different technology than "western" type reactors. In theory (simplified), western type reactors are "fail safe", you have to actively enable chain reactions (basically, if you walk away, the chain reactions stop). Chernobyl type reactors work exactly the opposite way, you have to actively control the chain reactions (if you walk away, the chain reactions exponentially increase).
