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Post by sod on Mar 21, 2013 7:02:36 GMT 9.5
I am sorry, but such level of failure needs massive consequences. www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T130320003807.htmTEPCO has not learned anything from the catastrophe in the Fukushima plant. And this is no surprise, as nobody got punished.
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Post by David B. Benson on Mar 21, 2013 10:16:17 GMT 9.5
I view the whole affair as minor.
There was never any actual danger of overheating.
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Post by edireland on Mar 21, 2013 11:40:50 GMT 9.5
A rat chewed through some power cables.
There was never any danger of significant radiation release.
Really non-news.
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Post by sod on Mar 22, 2013 3:52:01 GMT 9.5
You do not understand the problem. The accident was caused by power loss.
now they lost power again. 8and this could have also happened during another quake with consequences9
It also took so long to bring power back.
The inability to learn is a major problem.
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Post by anonposter on Mar 22, 2013 10:14:50 GMT 9.5
A lot less decay heat this time. now they lost power again. 8and this could have also happened during another quake with consequences9 We already saw that earthquakes are worse than nuclear accidents so if they had another quake the reactor would be the least of their worries, just as it was last time.
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Post by QuarkingMad on Mar 25, 2013 10:54:38 GMT 9.5
As others have said, and I'll add to:
1) Significantly less decay heat. 2) Everything is now closely monitored to the nth degree i.e. reporting truck oil leaks. 3) A rodent short circuited a breaker.
How is this even comparable and hence "didn't learn their lesson"? The previous issue was choosing to set sea breakers at a particular height to counter tsunami waves at a height determined by probabilistic risk assessment that was, in hindsight, deemed to be too low.
This was a rat that caused a short circuit and power has been restored. Not a hard thing to fix for any competent electrician.
The only danger was that escalated by the anti-nuclear lobby. Clutching at straws is an apt analogy, maybe Fear and Loathing in Fukushima?
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Post by Nuclear on Apr 5, 2013 16:04:33 GMT 9.5
A 15m tsunami hitting the plant was a 1/1000 per annum event. A properly conducted site-specific probabilistic risk assessment should have uncovered the weakness in the plant's defences (in Europe, plants are designed to withstand local events with a 1/10000 chance of occuring per year). The problem was not only TEPCO but the inept Japanese nuclear regulator which allowed the stations to continue to be run despite their known weakness.
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Post by David B. Benson on Apr 12, 2013 9:40:08 GMT 9.5
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Post by quokka on May 15, 2013 10:49:32 GMT 9.5
World Nuclear News reports that the Japanese government is easing restrictions on access to Futaba town allowing for residents to start cleanup and rebuilding. www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Futaba_access_restrictions_relaxed-1305134.htmlAs per Google maps, Futaba town is only about 4 km from the Fukushima Daiichi plant: maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Kawamata,+Fukushima+Prefecture,+Japan&aq=0&oq=Kawamata+japan&sll=-19.457034,145.879162&sspn=35.691362,67.631836&vpsrc=6&t=h&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kawamata,+Date+District,+Fukushima+Prefecture,+Japan&ll=37.440178,141.035185&spn=0.059562,0.132093&z=14
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