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[-] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How about this book?

https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5395798

Preparations for emergency response to a nuclear accident-in the industry, the NRC, the Commonwealth of Pennysylvania-were incomplete, untried, haphazard, or nonexistent. Here as elsewhere, nuclear Cassandras, no matter how compelling their predictions, were brushed aside

Oh, sorry, it's the "cheap capitalists'" fault. Here's one by actual communists (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster):

Upon shutting down the reactor in such conditions, pervasive design flaws led to a power surge. The reactor components ruptured and lost coolant, and the resulting steam explosions and meltdown destroyed the reactor building. This was followed by a reactor core fire that spread radioactive contaminants across the Soviet Union and Europe.[6]

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