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> What about Fukushima? All safety protocols and safeguards were utterly ignored for profit. Here is an unbiased source on how spectacularly bad this was: htt
by SEJeff 5y ago
> What about Fukushima?
All safety protocols and safeguards were utterly ignored for profit. Here is an unbiased source on how spectacularly bad this was:
https://carnegieendowment.org/2012/03/06/why-fukushima-was-preventable-pub-47361 https://carnegieendowment.org/2012/03/06/why-fukushima-was-p...
The Fukushima reactor as it was deployed would have never passed inspection in the US or EU, for literally the reasons that caused the unfortunate event to pass. It is like building an automobile in 2022 with no airbags, antilock-brakes, power steering, and seat belts. It just doesn't make any sense.
- croes 5y agoBetter technology doesn't exclude corruption and botch. There are to many examples in the past where profit resulted in security protocol and standards not being adhered to.