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Re:Nuclear plant shutdowns tied to coal pollution, decreased... by loeg on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @02:30AM (#14040148)
That can be mitigated in the US because the entire country doesn't run along a fault line. Not so Japan. Yes, don't build your nuclear reactor in western California.
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Re:Nuclear plant shutdowns tied to coal pollution, decreased... by WalterBright on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @04:13AM (#14040554)
The Fukushima reactor stood the earthquake without damage, and could have been easily designed to withstand the tsunami. It was not.

How, you might say? Put the backup generators in waterproof bunkers, or simply on platforms high enough to keep them dry.

It's not expensive or tricky, it's just that the failure mode did not occur to anyone in charge.

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