A concise examination of the Fukushima disaster, focusing on the GE reactor design and the overlooked risks of emergency power placement revealed by prior U.S. incidents.

2016-03-22
The reason Fukushima became “Fukushima” as a result of the massive tsunami caused by a once-in-a-thousand-years earthquake lay first and foremost in the design blueprints of GE.
The United States learned through domestic accidents that there was a problem with the placement of emergency power sources intended to supply electricity to continue cooling the reactor core even in the event of unforeseen accidents.
Therefore, the U.S. government issued notices to countries that had adopted nuclear power plants built on the same design as Fukushima.
The person who ignored this, or failed to notice it, was Prime Minister Koizumi.