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lavieestduretoday at 2:04 AM1 replyview on HN

Being 70% as good does not mean causing accidents. Accidents are caused by systematic operational failures and fundamental design flaws.


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dylan604today at 2:34 AM

If your employees are only 70% as good, as skilled, as knowledgeable while not knowing it, then you can absolutely kill a reactor just like Chernobyl. The overconfidence is what allowed them to put the reactor in the state they did and not realize the implications.