On 26/02/2021 15:28, Pancho wrote:
On 26/02/2021 15:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 26/02/2021 14:25, Pancho wrote:
On 26/02/2021 14:00, newshound wrote:

The design was known to a) increase power output as the control
rods were inserted, b) take too long to insert the rods and


It wasn't widely know, it was "noticed", in a "how strange" sort of way.

These points only apply IF you drive it outside the envelope


One of the impressions you get from Chernobyl is that the operators
behaved the way they did because they felt they had a sure fire fail
safe, scram, to shut down the reactor.

It is slightly concerning to see the same over confidence in safety
systems reflected in this thread.
No, just confidence. Its only your complete lack of technical
understandingÂ* plus your total desire to remain irrationallyÂ* scared
of 'nuclear power' against all reason that spins that in your mind
into 'overconfidence'


I'm 100% pro nuclear fission, 100% pro research into breeder reactors.
Pro SMR, would be also be happy with a massive reactor building program
like happened in France.

I'm even pro fission as opposed to fusion.

Unfortunately I'm also familiar with the kind of political idiocy that
infects big projects

But not with the quality of engineers that actually exists, despite
that, nor yet the systems of 'total quality' that are completely alien
to art students and the political class, yet are what makes industrial
engineering the quality product (as opposed to commercial product
design) that it is.






--
"A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight
and understanding".

Marshall McLuhan