> In hindsight, placing the generators at ground level in an elevated location might have been a better bet. Or locating the entire generating plant further ups

> In hindsight, placing the generators at ground level in an elevated location might have been a better bet. Or locating the entire generating plant further upslope. yeah, well thats what I meant. I mean they were buried deep... There were even studies that this was dumb: - https://news.usc.edu/86362/fukushima-disaster-was-preventable-new-study-finds/ https://news.usc.edu/86362/fukushima-disaster-was-preventabl... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant#Power_plant_information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Powe... (section end) - http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/03/06/why-fukushima-was-preventable-pub-47361 http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/03/06/why-fukushima-was-pr... and basically tepco knew that. they were just too lazy (it was prolly too cost intensive) to do something against it (i.e. placing them higher or creating water bunkers (u-boot style).. besides the generators there was also the human failure part. (most of the time human failure happens. I mean If I do not automate something, I might do it right 3 times and the fourth time I most often fail hard...)