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The reactors in Fukushima and their protection against flooding and cooling failure would have never passed German safety standards. Japan’s nuclear safety sta
by cbmuser 4y ago
The reactors in Fukushima and their protection against flooding and cooling failure would have never passed German safety standards.
Japan’s nuclear safety standards were way too lenient before the Fukushima accident happened.
All the changes that were implemented in Japan after the disaster have been standard in Germany for decades such as hydrogen recombiners, bunkered emergency generators and a filtered containment depression system.
If any German nuclear reactor had been standing in Fukushima, there would have been no accident!
- cinntaile 4y agoIt's quite amazing how many accidents happen on a daily basis that could have been prevented. How come we don't live in this platonic world?
- sudhirc 4y agoIf I am not wrong, Volkswagen came to light in Germany not too long ago.
- workingdog 4y agoVolkswagens diesels illegally spewing excess particulates have killed vastly more people than Japan's nuclear meltdown. Estimates are about 40 people. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5b05190 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5b05190
- sudhirc 4y agoParent commentor's assertion that German standards would have prevented the disaster magically. Germany or Japan Human nature doesn't change fundamentally.