2011-03-14, 08:38 PM
A perfect example of the plant being designed with earthquakes in mind, was an earthquake in exact same region 4 years ago. Of course, there was no news of any threat of a Fukushima going down back then because it was properly maintained and had all the necessary safeguards. Japan is a disaster country. Every single piece of infrastructure has hurricane, typhoon, earthquake, and tsunami measures in mind. The fact that so much damage was done to an entire coastal area spreading hundreds of kilometers just proves how exceptional this case is.
The plant itself was safe enough to not be of any danger to neighboring towns under normal circumstances. And there's not much point in stating the what ifs. Fact is that fukushima 1 is never going to be able to be used again.
I don't even know if it can even be applied as a precedant for anti nuclear lobby groups due to the extraordinary events surrounding the whole failure.
The plant itself was safe enough to not be of any danger to neighboring towns under normal circumstances. And there's not much point in stating the what ifs. Fact is that fukushima 1 is never going to be able to be used again.
I don't even know if it can even be applied as a precedant for anti nuclear lobby groups due to the extraordinary events surrounding the whole failure.