Chernobyl had a reactor that was made in hurry, due political reasons. The test that lead it to excplode in theory should not explode it, if was made right instead of in a hurry.
Political reasons and corruption (often and nearly a rule in places like in my country) can ruins even the best project.
I would not underestimate the capability of human stupidity. How to build something "human-proof" if is the humans that will built and keep it ???
The problem in Star Trek it's not the dilithium crystals, but how they managed to produce anti-matter in high amounts, and why a ship blow up (loaded with anti-matter) do not blow a planet together.
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Originally Posted by Xist
As I recall, every nuclear failure was using already obsolete technology, and I have previously shared data showing that nuclear power has had fewer fatalities than any other power source.
Except dilithium crystals. Those have had zero casualties and I do not expect that to change any time soon.
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