Remember, remember the Fukushima nuclear disaster on this day?

[juan]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 06:49:30 +0000 (UTC)
jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>  From: juan <juan.g71 at gmail.com>
>  To: cypherpunks at 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.


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> 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 
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