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I agree. In the case of the temperature sensor, my opinion is that the correct behavior should have been to show no reading, or an error value. At least that way the operators would have known that they didn't know the true temperature inside the reactor. As it stood, they saw high, but constant temperature, combined with rising pressure. That indicated that the water level was rising inside the reactor, so they opened drain valves to let water out. That was exactly the wrong thing to do, and it contributed directly to the severity of the meltdown.