It’s not like the reactor had to withstand even close that 9 …

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Comment on Eastern Japan Faces Crippling Blackouts by Anonymous:

It’s not like the reactor had to withstand even close that 9 magnitude earthquake, the center of it was several 100 kilometers away and I doubt it could have withstood direct hit from it unharmed.

And reactor’s age shouldn’t matter as much as it did. There are several ways to upgrade some of the safety mechanisms of old plants (like making sure there are multiple ways to give additional power, some of the old reactors are even upgraded to be able to cool the reactor without any electricity) and many countries require that those upgrades must be done.

The major two countries which don’t require this are Japan and USA. I’m not sure of China’s and Russia’s situation, but it’s quite likely that Russia has implemented at least some of the recommended safety updates, after all they are very much aware of nuclear power risks. And China’s reactors are pretty new. However, they have been constructing new plants quite fast and that is pretty worrisome sign.

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Eastern Japan Faces Crippling Blackouts:

Maybe I’ve missed something , but everybody is still talking about today. And what’s next? They are going to rebuild that old electricity system as it was before and wait for another event with nature ? What about wind and solar power? http://www.kleanindustries.com/s/PressReleases.asp?ReportID=345580 that’s an old article , but I guess hardly anything changes there. There are many problems also in my country (Lithuania) with electricity because We had to close our both reactors up to 2010, but …
Eastern Japan Faces Crippling Blackouts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuMLtycp_0I Another insult has been made from this country. I mean how the f*ck that she could avoid a natural disaster? Instead of criticizing, they should be more helpful. I can’t believe this…
Eastern Japan Faces Crippling Blackouts:

well, i do hope him die, togather with Matsuzawa.. hey, its even good if they live, but crippled..
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Think that’s a good example of a vague logo look at TECO’s logo near same name doing the same field in different parts of the world all while making it hard to tell what they do.
Eastern Japan Faces Crippling Blackouts:

@Anon 08:42 Yeah 230V/50Hz is “superior in every way” at frying your ass and burning itself and the appliances that are hooked up to it up if you get a power surge than old U.S. 110V/60Hz and modern U.S. 220V/60Hz.

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