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Speculation over Japanese Nuclear Plant Woes
Preliminary assessments of the Fukushima Daiichi accidents suggested that too little attention was paid to the threat of tsunami. It appeared that the reactors at first withstood the powerful earthquake, but the tsunami damaged generators and backup systems, harming the ability to cool the reactors. Reminiscent of the New Orleans Charity Hospital disaster after Hurricane Katrina. The best & brightest hospital architects put the emergency generators at a very low point in the structure, which guaranteed power failure in the event of a levee failure with flooding. Hospital administration decided no helicopter pad at the site was needed, since there was another facility a few blocks away which did have a helipad. No plans were ever made for a total evacuation of the building in the event of a levee failure. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-13 |
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