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Fukushima as a plant was also asking for trouble: "the earthquake had also generated a tsunami 14 metres...swept over the plant's seawall" (c) Wikipedia. 14 met
by vkazanov 5y ago
Fukushima as a plant was also asking for trouble: "the earthquake had also generated a tsunami 14 metres...swept over the plant's seawall" (c) Wikipedia. 14 metres is a joke for a country where 40 metre tsunamis happen.
It is amazing how this could be built not taking high waves into account.
- sliken 5y agoThis what happens when politicians control the placement of nuclear plants. The scientist and engineers picked a much better location for the plant, but were overridden, and a political favor moved the location. The engineers mentioned they needed a large seawall to protect the plant from the frequent tsunamis, and were overridden because it cost too much. Nuclear can be safe, but you have to keep politics out of it.
- ch4s3 5y agoYeah, and even that would have been fine if backup power in plant one hadn't been in the basement. The other, newer reactors had above ground backup power. Either a taller wall or a generator in a shed would have prevented the accident.