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* AwesomeButImpractical: A twofer in this episode:
** A nuclear power plant that desalinates seawater as part of its power generation process, turning desert into arable land. Sounds too good to be true, and it is. If a fire breaks out, there is essentially no way to stop the fission process as it grows out of control until the core explodes. Even when this flaw is determined to be responsible for the destruction of one plant and a resulting nuclear disaster, ''nothing is done to address the problem when an identical plant is built''.
** The Mighty Atom is a clever bit of spy technology, but [[invoked]]FridgeLogic sets in when you wonder how photographing a control panel is supposed to reveal secrets about a piece of technology. As an example, do a quick Google search for a picture of an aircraft cockpit. Done that? Good. Now use it to build your own airliner.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: A twofer in this episode:
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A nuclear power plant that desalinates seawater as part of its power generation process, turning desert into arable land. Sounds too good to be true, and it is. If a fire breaks out, there is essentially no way to stop the fission process as it grows out of control until the core explodes. Even when this flaw is determined to be responsible for the destruction of one plant and a resulting nuclear disaster, ''nothing is done to address the problem when an identical plant is built''.
** The Mighty Atom is a clever bit of spy technology, but [[invoked]]FridgeLogic sets in when you wonder how photographing a control panel is supposed to reveal secrets about a piece of technology. As an example, do a quick Google search for a picture of an aircraft cockpit. Done that? Good. Now use it to build your own airliner.
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* CoolButInefficient: The Mighty Atom is a clever bit of spy technology, but [[invoked]]FridgeLogic sets in when you wonder how photographing a control panel is supposed to reveal secrets about a piece of technology. Just have it run around and photograph... well, everything!
** As an example, do a quick Google search for a picture of an aircraft cockpit. Done that? Good. Now use it to build your own airliner.

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* ConvenientlyTimedGuard: The Hood is just about to photograph sensitive areas of the Australian power plant when he is spotted and the alarm raised. The resulting shootout sets the chain of events in motion that ultimately destroys the plant.



* MadeOfExplodium: Any incident in the nuclear plant automatically triggers a chain reaction that will cause a nuclear explosion.

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* MadeOfExplodium: Any A seemingly small incident in the nuclear plant automatically triggers a chain reaction that will cause culminates in a nuclear explosion.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Good thing Lady Penelope just happened to be aboard ''Thunderbird 2'' on this occasion and that she has a terrible fear of mice, or else the Mighty Atom would have taken some amazing photos of its interior.

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