alt Hacker NewsChernobyl didn’t happen because of technological blunder or even human negligence. It happened because poverty caused by communism in Soviet Union had to use old outdated (not the modern nuclear technology at that time) graphite tips in carbon rods because it was cheap and also kept it as a secret from the facility operators giving them a false sense of trust on the kill switch.
Chernobyl is the perfect example to not use outdated old technology. Had they used the modern western technology at that time to upgrade their nuclear reactors the kill switch would have prevented the whole disaster instead of increasing the neutrons make the core a nuclear bomb.
Next time educate yourself with facts before making a fool out of yourself
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Chernobyl was very much not "old", it was a more modern design than the PWRs which are built today. Chernobyl Unit 4 was also basically brand new, only 3 years old at the time of the disaster. The RBMK design dates from the 60s, whereas the PWR is from the 40s.
"Had they used the modern western technology" ... "Next time educate yourself with facts before making a fool out of yourself"
But you are aware that this thread is about a reactor in the west, that "updated" their certified hardware to a VM instead running on windows NT?
> old outdated
Wikipedia's pages on Chernobyl say that construction started in 1972 and the problem with the control rods causing an initial spike of power was discovered in 1983 ?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Accident_se... (search 'Ignalina nuclear power plant')