• prole@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Fukushima was not a failure of engineering or proper safety measures with construction. It failed because they were old plants that hadn’t been maintained properly and were in disrepair.

    So no, the margin of safety was not too little. The “lesson” learned from the Fukushima Daichi reactor flooding was about proper maintenance and funding.

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      1 year ago

      That’s the fundamental problem with nuclear energy. Where there are corners, they will be cut.