[exitwound]

Boba, your description of events matches nearly everything I've read. Indeed, the accidents were failed by the operators, not the technology itself. And it certainly IS tied to fear. The first thing people mention when they talk about nuclear power is Chernobyl, not how efficient it is, or its environmental impacts, or its cost...but what happens when it fails. And of all the plants built worldwide, there have only been two major accidents in 60 years, and ZERO deaths. It's fear of the unknown which is holding back the industry.