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Fukushima: - hit by earthquake at or above upper structural limit. The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan "maximum ground g-forces of 0.56, 0.52,
by illiarian 3y ago
Fukushima:
- hit by earthquake at or above upper structural limit. The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan
"maximum ground g-forces of 0.56, 0.52, 0.56 at units 2, 3, and 5 respectively. This exceeded the seismic reactor design tolerances of 0.45, 0.45, and 0.46 g for continued operation, but the seismic values were within the design tolerances at units 1, 4, and 6"
- hit by tsunami exceeding that limit
The largest tsunami wave was 13–14 m (43–46 feet) high and hit approximately 50 minutes after the initial earthquake, overwhelming the plant's ground level, which was 10 m (33 ft) above the sea level
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This resulted in 1 (one) death directly attributable to the incident
- goodpoint 3y ago> This resulted in 1 (one) death directly attributable to the incident Plus more that 200 billion $ paid by tax money that are NOT accounted into the cost of nuclear energy. Plus more deaths, injuries, loss of property value, etc due to the evacuation. Plus the economical impact of having stricter building regulations in future to prevent the same from happening again in future.
- illiarian 3y agoThis was the very definition of a black swan event. Imagine if all dams were subjected to the same insanity after dam failures like Banqiao Dam failure
- bayesian_horse 3y agoMost dams carry way more risk and way higher benefits.
- illiarian 3y ago[dead]