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> And from an engineering perspective Chornobyl isn't that interesting as an accident example because it's mostly a product of brainwashed egotic manager who had all the power over the engineers.

Pretty sure it's actually extremely interesting.

The test was considered such a non-risk that it required next to no oversight [1] [2]. If something that doesn't require oversight results in a nuclear disaster then something is wildly wrong with your regulations and design.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Safety_test

[2]: https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub913e_web.p...

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