Can we have an update on the situation.

[Dale]

Unfortunately, these things have to be built near large bodies of water, as that water is used as a cooling medium. Look up the history of Nuclear reactors, and you will see the pattern. Granted, their may have been better sites and what not, but that is kind of mute when you are talking about Japan...topography and industry may not have allowed a viable site on the western side.

Raist

Wow you are just full of excuses to defend these people. Now it's the topography to blame

[Coldbrand]

...Nuclear plants need to be build near water, that's how the technology works.

[Dinh]

Dinh, this has nothing to do with life finding a way.

It had to do with a misguided corporation that put profit before safety. We had the technology to easily prevent this from happening. The company just chose not to do it because it would have cut into their bottom line, and when you are dealing with something as dangerous as nuclear power that's just not acceptable.

In Jurassic Park that quote is talking about when life finds a way despite science's best efforts to control it. Well, this was not one of those cases - cause this was hardly one of science's best efforts. This could have been easily prevented, and the fact they have some heroic workers who are now risking their lives to control a crisis their bosses made doesn't change this.

Again, i'm not trying to take away from the courage their workers they are showing. But let's not let the heroics cloud the fact this corporation needs to be held responsible for what they did, because this is serious business.

I guess you read that before I added onto that with the edit. It was just a joke, don't look too much into it. :P

[Dale]

...Nuclear plants need to be build near water, that's how the technology works.

You are missing the point Coldbrand....

The Point is if you are going to build a nuclear plant in an area known for huge earthquakes and tsunamis you build them to withstand earthquaks and tusanamis. This is something they could have easily done simply by putting thier emergency generators on higher ground and incorporating a safer reactor design, neither of which they bothered to do - either because they thought it was too expensive or they just didn't care.

The fact they have to be built near water is irrelevant. If they aren't going to build it to be safe, then they are better off not building it at all. Living in a tent with no power what so ever is better than building an unsafe reactor in a volatile zone. The consequences are too vast. Do it right or don't do it at all. It's not the worth the risk.

[RAIST]

not making excuses.. just trying to provide facts that have been left out.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

not making excuses.. just trying to provide facts that have been left out.

Unfortunately this forum is the black hole that devours them.

[Dale]

not making excuses.. just trying to provide facts that have been left out.

Well they looked like excuses to me.

I don't see how the topography of western japan in any way justified what this company did.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Well they looked like excuses to me.

I don't see how the topography of western japan in any way justified what this company did.

Eastern...

[Dale]

Unfortunately this forum is the black hole that devours them.

OH really?

Please point out these "facts" that have been devoured? I would like to hear them.

[Dubberrucky]

not making excuses.. just trying to provide facts that have been left out.

lol do not bother unless you want him to keep going its a political debate he apparently does not want to hear about the why, just like most people who want to discuss politics in a non-political forum. I looked up some of his quotes and the articles that contain them work against his points, as well as failing to acknowledge the why discredited him.