Could Chernobyl happen in the US?

Answer 1

Not in the same way as in Chernobyl, because US nuclear plants are much more modern and much better safeguarded against mishaps and human stupidity (which played a major part there) when a crisis occurs than the at the time already old-fashioned Chernobyl plant.


But a 100% guarantee never exists, for instance in the case of a Tsunami combined with a heavy earthquake, although normally these risks would be considered before choosing the building site. But a very serious malfunction did once occur in a US nuclear plant, the Three Mile Island plant, in 1979.