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Originally Posted by IROC
As another footnote to this thread, the plant I worked at (Browns Ferry) had one of the worst incidents in US commercial nuclear power (the Unit 1 fire). What could have been a catastrophic accident was - for the most part - a non-issue due to the safety systems in place.
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If I remember from my research correctly (man that was 27 years ago!), that fire was caused by use of a candle to look for air leaks, which ignited flammable insulation. The automatic systems handled the reactor properly.