>From Jim Knox
Thanks Mark. Ontario is switching over to more nuclear plants, makes you
think!
Regarding the implied comparison between the plants that are planned for
Ontario vs Chernobyl, The basic design of them is totally different. All
nuclear power plants that have been built and will be built in North America
are of a water moderated design not graphite moderated. This is a much
safer design.
What happened in Chernobyl was the operators attempted to conduct a full
power operational test destitute fact that the status of the reactor was not
what it should have been to begin. It was a case of operator error.
Jim
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