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Report blasts Japan’s preparation for, response to Fukushima disaster

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In contrast, the report released Thursday suggested that the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that triggered the tsunami may have caused critical damage that led to the series of meltdowns. It argued that the nuclear power plants should have been made more quake-proof, and blamed lax safety measures on what it called the country’s powerful and “collusive” decision-makers and on a conformist culture that allowed them to operate with little scrutiny.
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Now, again, why don't we need government regulation? Please explain.

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this all happened, because the power at Fukashima went out.

that's it. that's the cause.

how could they not have a plan to supply power in case of emergency on top of emergency?

every nuke power plant should have a plan to provide power to the cooling systems, in case of two catastrophic events that take out primary & secondary power supplies.
 
Thunder said:
this all happened, because the power at Fukashima went out.

that's it. that's the cause.

how could they not have a plan to supply power in case of emergency on top of emergency?

every nuke power plant should have a plan to provide power to the cooling systems, in case of two catastrophic events that take out primary & secondary power supplies.
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They had primary power, backup power, and batteries. How many backup systems would make you feel better?

Oh, and how many people died, again?

Ironically, resistance to nuclear power causes these kinds of problems. The NIMBY crowd makes it so hard to build newer, safer power plants that we're forced to leave older, less-safe plants running beyond their intended lifespans.
 
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Deuce said:
They had primary power, backup power, and batteries. How many backup systems would make you feel better?

Oh, and how many people died, again?

Ironically, resistance to nuclear power causes these kinds of problems. The NIMBY crowd makes it so hard to build newer, safer power plants that we're forced to leave older, less-safe plants running beyond their intended lifespans.
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Ideally they would have had a fail safe that would have stopped the nuclear reactions from occuring or at least combining

Newer power plants have that if I am not mistaken
 
Thunder said:
how could they not have a plan to supply power in case of emergency on top of emergency?

every nuke power plant should have a plan to provide power to the cooling systems, in case of two catastrophic events that take out primary & secondary power supplies.
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The Fukushima nuclear reactors were manufactured by G.E. in the 1970s and there were no safety mechanisms in the original design. The Japanese nuclear regulators knew about it but both the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. ignored the safety issues and refused to upgrade those ancient nuclear reactors because it would have cost too much money and time, which resulted in the preventable man-made disaster.
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Ideally they would have had a fail safe that would have stopped the nuclear reactions from occuring or at least combining

Newer power plants have that if I am not mistaken
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If it were that easy, it would have been done. You can't just shut off fission.
 
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