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"Most of the reactors in Japan were designed by US companies who did not care for the effects of earthquakes," As an Engineer I call bullshit on this.
by dreamux 15y ago
"Most of the reactors in Japan were designed by US companies who did not care for the effects of earthquakes,"
As an Engineer I call bullshit on this.
- Duff 15y agoAround the time of the disaster there were stories about a GE engineer who resigned in protest in 1970 over this particular model of reactor. If I recall correctly, the engineering team's concerns about fail-safes in the event of a loss of electrical power were overruled or dismissed.
- tsotha 15y agoThe potential problems resulting from loss of electrical power were and are well understood. What happened in Fukushima wasn't a flaw in the reactor design - it was a flaw in the design of the power station.
- Duff 15y agoIt's a flaw in the system. A system built around a reactor with known risks if electrical supplies are interrupted. This is a region of a country where tectonic activity is significant enough that seaside villages are cutoff from the sea by 15 foot reinforced walls. A reactor with the failure characteristics of the Fukushima reactors sound like the wrong tool for the job to me.
- irons 15y agoWho capitalizes "engineer"? Aside from realtors, maybe.
- RandallBrown 15y agoYeah, this is when I stopped taking the article seriously. The reactors handled the earthquake just fine. It was the tsunami wiping out all the backups that screwed it up.