I see some comments further down that say "Japan should have avoided Fukushima because they knew the Tsunami and earthquake risk". On the subject of earthquake

I see some comments further down that say "Japan should have avoided Fukushima because they knew the Tsunami and earthquake risk". On the subject of earthquakes, I think it's fair to say that Fukushima, like all other buildings in Japan will certainly have been designed with earthquake risks. Japan has a long and proven history of constructing buildings that are safe in earthquakes. On the subject of Tsunamis, all I will say is that I have been fortunate enough to be able to visit part of the affected stretch of coastline. All I will say is that you really don't comprehend what a Tsunami is until you go there and you see 4/5 story apartment blocks, some of which are maybe up to 1 – 1.5km (appx 0.5 – 1 mile) inland which have clearly suffered substantial Tsunami caused damage on their UPPER floors. Then you extrapolate in your mind, that if this was the upper floors inland, then just imagine the sheer wall of water that you would be facing at the water's edge, which is where a nuclear plant would be ! At great local controversy, and great expense (appx 12 billion US dollars) in order to encourage re-population by residents and businesses, the Japanese have been busy building a massive wall along that stretch of coastline. The pictures you can find on the internet[1] don't do it justice. This is not a US or Israel style wall built purposely high in order to stop people climbing it, it is built so high because that represents the size required to break up a full-scale Tsunami wave. Again, going there and standing next to the wall, it really drives home to you the sheer scale and might of a Tsunami ! Could they have protected the nuclear plant by building a wall at the time of construction ? I don't know, I'm not a subject-matter expert, but after visiting the region, I think its safe to say its probably one of those "its not that easy" problems. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2018/mar/09/after-the-tsunami-japan-sea-walls-in-pictures https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2018/mar/09/after-...