>>11284585The Chernobyl disaster happened because of human error.
Scientists and technician over emphasize safety by design, and fail to consider behavior-based safety. The crew that day were had inadequate experience, was misinformed, rushed and had poor management in general.
Heinrich's law:
>If a workplace tolerates small mistakes and inconsequential near-misses, then a major incident is inevitably going to occur.Even if the AZ-5 button worked properly, and reactor 4 did’nt explode that day. If you have incompetent personal who ignores regulations and casually disables safety mechanisms, a major nuclear disaster would have only been delayed. No amount of over-engineering makes up for human incompetence.
If anything, It’s BECAUSE of the scientists’ obsession with technical details that the disaster happened.
Also, the show is entertainment garbage. It has a Mary Sue character, and fails to capture the true nature of Soviet propaganda. But that’s beside the point.
