Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "The Atomic Age" channel.

  1. What I never figured out with Chernobyl, how in hell does an operator miss going into an iodine pit situation?! Went from full production power to low power, nearly shut down, then tried to ramp it back up and reactions didn't increase is a Jolly Green Giant thumbprint. TMI did impact human factors engineering, especially hiding important indicators on the opposite side of a console. For once, a safety change that wasn't written in blood! Oh, from the original book, there was another winner, discussing how these type of reactors melt down, but "breeder reactors blow up", something beyond laughable and nearly made me toss the book without finishing it. It was so factually concise, I've forgotten most of the book, save the BS about breeders blowing up... The saddest sight I ever saw was from TMI and later, Fukushima's cores, from a wonder of precision engineering, they became a Greek tragedy. Especially Fukushima, as concrete is alkaline and the chemistry did horrific things to the metallic components! Shot while running away was an actual thing in the '60's and early '70's. Especially black males, survivors being asked why they ran, "I was afraid of getting shot!", so shot while trying to escape - despite not being armed, dangerous, just "cops too lazy to run" turning into the political mess. There was a big to-do about it, eventually it went from glorifying a sheriff with a .44 magnum built into his dashboard and through the engine compartment to kill "escaping criminals" to something closer to what we have today. But, if dealing with a terrorist, the converse remains, as the absolute last option is to allow the SOB to push any buttons.
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