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Until the next failure comes along that we didn't predict.
by chpatrick 2y ago
Until the next failure comes along that we didn't predict.
- rbanffy 2y agoFukushima could have been easily predicted. That’s what passive safety is about.
- natmaka 2y ago> Fukushima could have been easily predicted After such an accident some armchair experts are quite sure that it "could have been easily predicted". Before the accident (to "easily" prevent it) or during it they are nowhere to be found. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41774144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41774144
- rbanffy 2y ago“What happens if we lose the generators?” is not a hard question to come up with. I have a great imagination and a long career built on, among other things, asking pointed questions. I would have asked that very same question, as well as “how unlikely?” as the next one.
- natmaka 2y ago> “What happens if we lose the generators?” They knew. Especially after Forsmark, 2006 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsmark_Nuclear_Power_Plant#July_2006_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsmark_Nuclear_Power_Plant#J... ), which was a major subject for the industry. The first stages of a similar incident happened in France decades before. ... and it didn't change anything. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41774144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41774144
- zettabomb 2y agoI won't try to summarize here, but long story short, the conditions which led to the Fukushima disaster were well known and TEPCO was warned as early as 2000, but they did nothing to prevent it. There a number of good sources on the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_accident#Prior_warning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_accident#Pri...).
- chpatrick 2y agoHow do we know the next time a similar situation arises it will be dealt with in time?
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