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by gitanes 1417 days ago
Yeah, I hate that corporation called USSR blowing up Chernobyl.
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they built too cheaply, ignored safety procedures and blew the thing up in the process.

it doesn't matter they were USSR. might as well have been PG&E. soviet people and usa people were both just people and still are.

The anti-nuclear argument pretty much simplifies to: Nuclear is hard, maintenance needs to be done diligently and regularly, no corners can be cut, and humans are historically really bad to doing ANY of that!