On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 06:49:30 +0000 (UTC) jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: juan <juan.g71@gmail.com> To: cypherpunks@cpunks.org > So after s quick search, seems that the containment of the > general electric designed reactor(s) failed? Maybe americunts > should be paying damages? How so?
Did you see my previous message? https://cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2016-March/012590.html
It looks like it worked like it was designed to work.
The design was supposed to contain the melted suff in case of a 'melt-down' - but it didn't. So, no, I don't think it worked like it was designed to.
The problem is, a decision had been made about making a seawall only a certain height, and putting the switching circuitry in the basement which could be flooded.
Well, yes, more than a few things failed at once.
No doubt both these decisions had been approved by the Japanese involved. Now, if it had been determined later that they wanted to protect against much larger earthquakes and higher tsunamis, they could have increased the seawall height and sealed the basement of the reactor better. They chose not to do so. Jim Bell