I'm curious if you actually watched the show. Because what I got from watching it was that the problem was not nuclear power in general, but how the corruption and dysfunction of the totalitarian state created an accident that never should have happened.
The climax of the show was Legasov's testimony at the trial, and he specifically noted the differences between how the West designed and operated its reactors, and what happened in the Soviet Union.
Overall, the show was a searing indictment of the Soviet Union.
Agreed. I just watched the final installment last night. Very well done and highly-recommended. I’ve watched the earlier episodes several times over, the series is that good.
Presuming the facts are correct (this is a drama, not documentary), the revelation that it was literally one person in a police state who averted an unimaginable catastrophe is chilling. I’d never heard/read about the water tanks previously.