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Misplaced chair shuts down nuclear plant in Taiwan

4 pointsby ericyanalmost 4 years ago

2 comments

sss111almost 4 years ago
&gt;Staff working in the control room moved the chair to clean and, in the process, knocked the acrylic protective cover of a main steam isolation valve switch causing it to tilt, shift, and close, setting off a chain reaction that tripped the main steam turbine and stopped the reactor<p>I found the headline to be misleading.
landemvaalmost 4 years ago
Real life chaos monkey. They may want to first do this on a testnet, else they risk another Chernobyl.<p>&quot;... knocked the acrylic protective ...&quot;