How many people have died because of the world’s worst nuclear accident (which happened in 3rd world Russia)?
The Russians were, and remain, tragically irresponsible on design. At the same time the Chernobyl accident can teach us all a great deal about “normal” or “system” accidents as defined by a man I knew well, accident theorist Charles Perrow (sadly a leftie, but bright) and how small things like a PORV valve light-bulb failure can cause a meltown. At the same time there is a place for patriotism and pride in “American” engineering and common-sense prevention: nobody caught so much as a cold at TMI.