Fukushima probes leave questions: Two blame tsunami for
meltdowns but one still points to quake factor By KAZUAKI NAGATA.
The Japan Times Friday, July 27, 2012
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120727a5.html
[Excerpt] ...the Diet-appointed independent panel, imbued with stronger investigative
authority, suspects the offshore quake, which preceded the tsunami by 40
minutes, severely damaged some of the three reactors.
This again raises serious questions about the quake
resistance of older reactors across the country, as well as most of the
antidisaster measures the government has adopted since the Fukushima crisis
started...
...The Diet panel argued that the quake might have knocked out
some of the emergency diesel generators and damaged pipes carrying coolant to
the cores....
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Majia here: This is a good article. I recommend reading it in its entirety.
Implications: San Onofre nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, Santa Ana nuclear power plant, and countless others in the US (and elsewhere) are at risk also from an earthquake.
Nuclear power makes no sense... or cents....
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