> Fukushima was triggered by tsunami, but ultimate problem was again the design.
And honestly it wasn't, not really. It was hit with a record-breaking earthquake and a record-breaking tsunami... and more lives were lost due to evacuation than to the plant shutdown.
The design was bad in the sense they backported generator placement from US BWR projects in basement. It makes sense in US but risks in Japan are different
And honestly it wasn't, not really. It was hit with a record-breaking earthquake and a record-breaking tsunami... and more lives were lost due to evacuation than to the plant shutdown.