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Fukushima - still leaking

bilekas 5y ago
True, there was never an expectation that a quake could hit to cause that kind of impact. That almost plays into the 'we never planned for that' scenario. Will it ever be safe ?
- lifeplusplus 5y ago
  how you could an island that gets hit with quake/tsunami combo few times every hundred years couldn't have seen it coming
  - t-3 5y ago
    Well, some places catch fire every year, doesn't stop people trying to pretend that that's not normal.
    - max002 5y ago
      But you don't plant a new forest where there was fire last year... Or you do? xD
  - pasabagi 5y ago
    IIRC, they did see it coming. There was a risk assessment that pointed out that having backup generators protected by a flood wall of the height it was was a bad idea if there was a tsunami wave taller than the flood wall. Sadly, it was considered not particularly likely, and a new wall would have been expensive, so nothing happened. I think when you consider the risk of nuclear plants, it's worth taking into account the culture of the host nation. Japan, with its culture of institutional and individual corruption, is always a bit risky with dangerous industries, as demonstrated by its history of lethal industrial accidents. I think Germany would be a little bit better, but it's hard to say for sure.
- max002 5y ago
  It wont be ever save in japan. Just have a look at continental setup. Its cou try with biggest amount of earth quakes (statistic. Thats a fact.) on planet.
max002 5y ago
Fukushima. Current clean up cost around 600 billions dollars... Estimated costs over next 20 years? Unknown. How much lives we could save or improve with that money... damn.
- imtringued 5y ago
  Japan could have torn down all its nuclear power plants and built newer ones. Yet no country on earth is shutting down their old unsafe plants to build new ones.
  - max002 5y ago
    True, they shut them down to replace with renewables. And because keeping old ones active is becoming more and more expensive.
rasz 5y ago
Fukushima - zero radiation victims.
- max002 5y ago
  Read posts below about people 1/3rd of kids from area. The fact that you dont see it straight away doesnt mean there are no victims.

True, there was never an expectation that a quake could hit to cause that kind of impact. That almost plays into the 'we never planned for that' scenario. Will it ever be safe ?

lifeplusplus 5y ago
how you could an island that gets hit with quake/tsunami combo few times every hundred years couldn't have seen it coming
- t-3 5y ago
  Well, some places catch fire every year, doesn't stop people trying to pretend that that's not normal.
  - max002 5y ago
    But you don't plant a new forest where there was fire last year... Or you do? xD
- pasabagi 5y ago
  IIRC, they did see it coming. There was a risk assessment that pointed out that having backup generators protected by a flood wall of the height it was was a bad idea if there was a tsunami wave taller than the flood wall. Sadly, it was considered not particularly likely, and a new wall would have been expensive, so nothing happened. I think when you consider the risk of nuclear plants, it's worth taking into account the culture of the host nation. Japan, with its culture of institutional and individual corruption, is always a bit risky with dangerous industries, as demonstrated by its history of lethal industrial accidents. I think Germany would be a little bit better, but it's hard to say for sure.
max002 5y ago
It wont be ever save in japan. Just have a look at continental setup. Its cou try with biggest amount of earth quakes (statistic. Thats a fact.) on planet.

max002 5y ago

Fukushima. Current clean up cost around 600 billions dollars... Estimated costs over next 20 years? Unknown. How much lives we could save or improve with that money... damn.

imtringued 5y ago
Japan could have torn down all its nuclear power plants and built newer ones. Yet no country on earth is shutting down their old unsafe plants to build new ones.
- max002 5y ago
  True, they shut them down to replace with renewables. And because keeping old ones active is becoming more and more expensive.

rasz 5y ago

Fukushima - zero radiation victims.

max002 5y ago
Read posts below about people 1/3rd of kids from area. The fact that you dont see it straight away doesnt mean there are no victims.