The Fukushima disaster was caused by TEPCO, which suffered from shoddy planning, and resulted from an extremely rare natural disaster. Recognizing that these mi

The Fukushima disaster was caused by TEPCO, which suffered from shoddy planning, and resulted from an extremely rare natural disaster. Recognizing that these mistakes were made and have happened does not instantly restore confidence in nuclear energy to opponents. Even with properly located pumps and larger sea-walls, it's easy to imagine destruction from the greater Tohouku earthquake and tsunami still presenting huge operational hazards to the Fukushima TEPCO nuclear power plant. In order to dispel myths around nuclear power, it's going to require everyone to have a lot more knowledge, including those arguing for and against and those who are designing these systems. There aren't many people who understand all of the climate risks, engineering concerns, issues to social welfare, and risk of disaster (natural or man-made) at stake in this position, so it will require much better communication overall before we can solve this problem.