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Pastimes : The Case for Nuclear Energy
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To: TimF who wrote (221)3/16/2011 11:00:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 312
 
the tsunami caused the diesel generators that would have worked as a backup to power the pumps for the cooling water to fail.

I'm still at a loss to understand why they didn't take into account that a tsunami would disrupt their backup diesel generators.

I've heard from several media sources that they located the diesel generators in low-lying areas in order to facilitate their removal/replacement. But it's clear they should have been placed, or enclosed, in secure facilities that were unlikely to be flooded by a tsunami. Had this been the case, we likely would not be seeing the events that are unfolding in Japan.

This is obviously a major flaw in their contingency planning and I'm sure the engineers responsible for disaster contingency planning are likely reviewing many of their existing plans.

Hawk
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