Reply #9: Your history of the sequence of events at Chernobyl is faulty.

[AtheistCrusader]

For starters, it failed when they started it back up to full power, after a partial shutdown to test the emergency generators for coolant. The operators did not wish to bring it back up that way, because they didn't know for sure what would happen. They were ordered to by people who could have them shot if they did not.

The prompt critical excursion would not have occurred if they had shut it down completely, per procedure. But it was cold, and the government wanted that power available for homes.