User talk:Pasky

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Czech -> English
Hi. I am wondering if you could translate a few lines into english. I made a folder on my homepage misspelling it as check not czech. If possible, could you at least identify wich one are czech and wich might be russian, slovakian or even just made up. Even better, would be if you could provide a transscript and translation into english. Thanks --Steinninn 13:44, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

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Chernobyl Disaster lead
Thanks Pasky for your note of 14th Dec. Apologies for delay in replying but I have been very busy. Your points are taken. Yes the decsription that the operators triggered the shutdown is sufficient, implying it was automatic after that point. The disabling of safety mechanisms were necessary for the test, rather than their decision. I think that the explanations about the unexpected reactor behaviour in going to low power, and the poor management of the test are the key relevant factors in why this test ended in disaster; when the previous ones did not.

The lead has come a long way since june of last year, and I shall continue to monitor and improve as necessary.

Regards,

Dougsim (talk)


 * Thanks! I think your edits are great, just went back to it and streamlined it a little further since the required power was mentioned twice in a row (and the word "however" didn't sit clear with me regarding the meaning). --Pasky (talk) 13:02, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

That's Ok. However, the "however" needs a bit more consideration. I was trying to say that they were still knowingly not following the procedure, even though the previous near-misses were unknown to them. Still thinking about this, but trying to avoid wordiness. Dougsim (talk)
 * Ah. For me the "nevertheless" conveys that better but as a non-native speaker I would be the first to admit my English is sometimes a bit distorted. (I don't think it's terribly important though as it would seem that even if they didn't go ahead with the test and just aborted when they failed to pull up the power sufficiently, the explosion would occur either way.) --Pasky (talk) 08:02, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

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