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Also, from what I understand, they ignored the reports that recommended to put the backup generators on higher ground and to make the sea wall higher. Fukashim
by beached_whale 9y ago
Also, from what I understand, they ignored the reports that recommended to put the backup generators on higher ground and to make the sea wall higher. Fukashima is the worst case for that design I think.
- rurounijones 9y agohttps://thebulletin.org/onagawa-japanese-nuclear-power-plant-didn%e2%80%99t-melt-down-311 https://thebulletin.org/onagawa-japanese-nuclear-power-plant... A great article about another plant, closer to the epicenter, owned by another company that did things right. It breaks my heart that these guys also have to be in a shutdown state. TEPCO should be forced to hand over all undamaged nuclear plants and responsibility (minus financial) to this company.
- beached_whale 9y agoIt seems like the regulators really failed. Short sighted actions and failure to fix past mistakes shouldn’t be allowed. The other sad thing is that, this is the worst case scenario for that plant and it pales in magnitude, but it is overshadowing the sorrow and lost due to the flooding and earthquake.
- draw_down 9y agoIt seems bad that nuclear facilities can be built with disregard for good practices. I feel like a lot of the argument for why this won’t happen again is “oh well you just have to build it right”. But they don’t get built right.