Daiichi suffered from a significant design flaw in which they placed the backup generators almost at sea level and despite locals in the area telling TEPCO the region once experienced massive tsunamis, the utility (based in Tokyo) insisted they knew best practice for designing such an anti-tsunami barrier in the area.
Daiichi suffered from a significant design flaw in which they placed the backup generators almost at sea level and despite locals in the area telling TEPCO the region once experienced massive tsunamis, the utility (based in Tokyo) insisted they knew best practice for designing such an anti-tsunami barrier in the area.
The cleanup and decommissioning process will indeed take a long time. Part of that is due to the ultra-strict regulations surrounding radiation, largely based on the flawed linear-no-threshold model for human exposure to radiation.
Daiichi suffered from a significant design flaw in which they placed the backup generators almost at sea level and despite locals in the area telling TEPCO the region once experienced massive tsunamis, the utility (based in Tokyo) insisted they knew best practice for designing such an anti-tsunami barrier in the area.
The cleanup and decommissioning process will indeed take a long time. Part of that is due to the ultra-strict regulations surrounding radiation, largely based on the flawed linear-no-threshold model for human exposure to radiation.
I’ll further add that SMR technology and the over fifty-year old design at Daiichi are entirely separate things.