Fukushima was known to be incapable of surviving a big quake

this isn't too much of a surprise to me and is indicative of "only the other guy suffers this dilemma" social constructs. the mind invariably wishes to believe that malfeasance happens elsewhere alone, but truth is it does not.
 
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hey there, theonestonecutter. Nice to meet you.
 
Those reactors certainly had their issues and if I remember correctly, were scheduled to be decommissioned real soon. The funny thing is though, it did survive the quake. If it wasn't for the tsunami, it probably would have had no problems at all. Not sure what the deficiencies were with the reactor, but fixing them probably would not have saved the plant from the tsunami.
 
Glaucus said:
The funny thing is though, it did survive the quake.
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Subsequent reports have indicated that they did not actually survive the quake and the cooling systems were already failing before the tsunami hit.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
Subsequent reports have indicated that they did not actually survive the quake and the cooling systems were already failing before the tsunami hit.
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Do you have a link for any of that? Can't say I've followed the story much recently.
 
Yes, that`s how I understood it. Protocol in Japan is to shutdown reactors whenever an earthquake hits. My understanding is that it was all going smoothly until the tsunami wiped out the diesel generators that kept the water (coolant) flowing. A battery system kicked in at that point, but with all power lines cut and the generators gone, the water pumps eventually used up the battery reserve. After that, the reactor became critical.

I actually wonder what would have happened if they chose to keep the reactor going instead of shutting it down. It probably would have been able to sustain itself without the generators or outside power lines and completely avoid the disaster.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
That's not what the article said, Mike.
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Yep, you're right. Wow, that's embarrassing. I obviously only skimmed it, but boy did I skim the wrong parts! Well, that's interesting to say the least.
 
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