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by account4mypc 1558 days ago
what do you mean? i'm curious to learn more about this
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A large portion of their plants is offline at any time. For various reasons, some regular maintenance, some not so regular, some safety related. For me the big takeaway is that the reliability and safety on paper is never the complete picture, even before unforeseen accidents or malice eventually do happen.

Another problem was that recruitment and education of nuclear engineers isn't going that well either.