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I believe the issue with Fukushima was that the early warning signs were ignored. If you ignore those warning signs with something that has the potential to be
by noxToken 11y ago
I believe the issue with Fukushima was that the early warning signs were ignored. If you ignore those warning signs with something that has the potential to be catastrophic, this is the result.
- maxerickson 11y agoThe seawall was shorter than it should have been, that is a planning and design failure, not just ignoring warning signs. There also doesn't seem to have been any planning for a situation where the seawall failed (the inundation rendered the on site backup power inoperative). Adding a second layer of protection to such an important system would not be particularly aggressive.