No, the actions leading up to the explosion were anything but normal and routine. The operators went far outside the safety envelope of the reactor by deliberately disabling the mechanisms designed to prevent mishaps.

Chernobyl was caused by irresponsible and reckless behavior. You can't paint this as everyday operation, it's not even close.

I could write "Conduct improv brain surgery on the guy sitting next to me" in my daily planner and it doesn't make it routine. Calling a knife a fork doesn't make it so, and calling something routine that isn't likewise doesn't make it so.

You could not be more wrong. The circumstances leading to the Chernobyl accident were exceptional and unusual by any measure.