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To me, it rather reminds of the (actually existing) Japanese tsunami stones - the stones littering the coasts of Japan bearing inscriptions warning not to build
by pilsetnieks 6y ago
To me, it rather reminds of the (actually existing) Japanese tsunami stones - the stones littering the coasts of Japan bearing inscriptions warning not to build homes below the point. The Fukushima Daiichi plant was built below that point, in fact it was built on the beachfront.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2018/03/11/how-century-old-tsunami-stones-saved-lives-in-the-tohoku-earthquake-of-2011/?sh=590a536a44fd https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2018/03/11/how-cen...
- throwaway888abc 6y agoGreat link, thanks. Learn from the past ^2.
- ornornor 6y agoThis was cool. And goes to show how we never learn...
- lb1lf 6y ago-Not only was the plant built more or less on the seafront, the sheds housing the backup generators were quite literally built on the quay stones. In hindsight (which, after all, is 20/20), it would have made sense to keep a set of backup generators on the top of the reactor building, just in case a tsunami came a-knocking.