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He sounds like a hero for his actions after the failure at the plant (and I commend him and his team for this), but what about his leadership before which allow
by tonylemesmer 13y ago
He sounds like a hero for his actions after the failure at the plant (and I commend him and his team for this), but what about his leadership before which allowed the plant to get into such a situation?
I'm not saying it was his fault, I'm merely curious as to how such an important enterprise could be so ill equipped on so many levels.
- ArkyBeagle 13y agoWell, he apologized for it. Things like "how high do we build the levees around New Orleans" are inherently political. When it comes down to it, you pays your money and you takes your chances. You cannot know how high is high enough. Taking over after that disaster was in itself an act of courage. Those old GE reactors just have ... "features" that are dangerous.
- mathrawka 13y agoSpeaking of knowing how high is high enough... Yanosuke Hirai was responsible for forcing a 46-foot wall to be built at a different powerplant. In Fukushima, the 19-foot wall didn't do much to stop the 43-foot tsunami[1] 1: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/08/how_tenacity_a_wall_saved_a_ja.html http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/08/how_tena...