[acchow]

“ Modern reactors can’t explode and burn like Chernobyl. It’s impossible”

Isn’t the impossibility proof only as strong as the assumptions put in?

[smileysteve]

Yes? If the assumption is fail safe is better than fail unsafe.

Passive cooling and automatically, gravity controlled control rods to deactivate the reaction are major innovations. Smaller sized reactors that have better neutron economy also reduce waste and have lower total risk