>That was true in the last round of nuke plant design, and even some of the monitoring software was worrisome (I've seen the code!). The problem is the actual technology used to manage the plant is worse, 30 year old relay technology.
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You don't have to tell me that, Bob, Hell, I *wrote* some of that code possibly. <g> And you're absolutely right, the technology was old even back then. But it worked. The old adage of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" comes to mind.