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this might be unrelated, but i drew a number of comparisons between the kremlin and the Fukushima incident in terms of intractable bureaucracy. The sheer numbe
by nimbius 7y ago
this might be unrelated, but i drew a number of comparisons between the kremlin and the Fukushima incident in terms of intractable bureaucracy. The sheer number of mistakes made at Daiichi really struck me as impossible. I guess it didnt hit home for me until the 12 mile exclusion zone was imposed and irradiated garbage began showing up on US and Canadian coasts.
It was nowhere near as dire or blatant as Chernobyl, but some issues were definitely things I felt like we had learned about these types of disaster by 2011.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster#Poor_communication_and_delays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigations_into_the_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigations_into_the_Fukush...
- bitL 7y agoI noticed some parallels when Daiichi meltdowns were ongoing and "everything was fine" - I guess it's the initial shock that unthinkable has happened and paralyzing disbelief leading to lies and cover ups. I even remember how shocked Japanese PM looked like on TV after the first real info came out of TEPCO, not mentioning strange movements of US army ships likely detecting meltdown right away.