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by themaninthedark 35 days ago
Steam boilers have a lot of regulation, all written in blood. Entire boats would explode killing most/all onboard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boiler_explosions

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Do you understand the scale of Chernobyl if they had failed to stop the meltdown? Half of eastern europe would be uninhabitable. It would've killed 100s of millions.