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| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
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you don't know what you're talking about but you always have something to say as i can tell.
this does not happen every couple of hundred years as i have stated in the past, there is a potential of it happening anytime, especially in Japan.
There are scientists called geologists that study earth, volcanic activities, earthquakes and tsunamis. When a nuclear power plant is planned on being built a group of geologists will study and determine where is the safest place to build it and what are the potential consequences of the worst disaster happening at that location. Note that they cannot prevent or tell in advance, even 10minutes before if a 9.0 earth quake is approaching but they what they can tell is what is the worst possible earthquake/tsunami that could happen in that location. If a plant was built 40 years ago with different codes and it does not guarantee safety now up to today's standards then after inspection it must be closed as there is a potential for a big risk.
In terms of "shutting it down a long time ago", that's not how the world works unfortunately. Since it was still operating perfectly there was no need of shutting it down. People always start thinking about this shit after it happens, they never imagined of a disaster on such scale happening close to this plant BUT they should have, that is the reason why there is so much negative attention towards this event.
Again, if a country is dependant on nuclear power/energy and has shitload of nuclear plants all around the country in an extremely unstable location then they must build nuclear plants according to those conditions no questions asked.
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