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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
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Subject: Re: Hitler: Why we need a Science of Morality
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Date: Thu, 22-May-86 10:35:21 EDT
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In article <638@bu-cs.UUCP> bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein) writes:
>
>How come lower capacity et al seem so important when it seems that our
>major nuclear accidents are being attributed to "human failure"
>(Chernobyl, TMI) by plant operators? Does the lower capacity
>compensate for human failures? I presume somewhat (less likely to be
>confronted with certain problems like bursting valves) but I think it
>ventures into some very sticky new probabilities.

        You have missed a couple of factors. First the minor factor, a
smaller reactor has laess radioactive material, so the situation
cannot get quite as bad. Second, a smaller core is *intrinsically*
*cooler*, and is thus less likely to meltdown other factors being
equal. In fact some of the smallest reactors are almost immune to
meltdown, you would have to *try* to get them to melt!
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                                Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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