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It's worth pointing out (again) that Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is older than Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station. It's not at all surprising that they
by aaronmdjones 5y ago
It's worth pointing out (again) that Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is older than Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station. It's not at all surprising that they would both fail in much the same manner, even in the face of promises that newer reactors can't.
- ncmncm 5y agoIt did not, in fact, fail the same manner, except insofar as it melted down as every failed reactor did.
- aaronmdjones 5y agoThey failed in much the same manner being the incompetence of their management. In Chernobyl's case, it was inadequate training of their staff for a test procedure (including various side effects that this test procedure might cause) and some overrides of safety systems (in gross violation of existing regulations). In Fukushima Daiichi's case, it was management ignoring the very real risk of tsunamis, even in the face of plenty of evidence that the station was vulnerable to such (a handful of other stations around the world had been damaged by tsunamis in the preceding dozen or so years, and only fared much better because of more redundancies in their emergency systems).
- ncmncm 5y agoOK, I'll buy that. Disaster as a consequence of incompetent operation is a failure mode common to all nukes that other systems don't have.