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Originally Posted by
retired guy
In Fukushima, the design (not Japanese, USA, GE) had issues, but the failure of imagination in the designs location gave little chance for human intervention. The response was not effective but the operators were hampered by the lack of information, and processes that stifled aggressive responses.
This is GROSSLY off topic but i think you would be amused to find out that GE design was much more solid than it may looks like. Each Fukushima reactor building was build with a panel designed to fall down in case of earthquake. Aaaaaand Japanese welded them shut after they did exactly that after few minor earthquakes. So, when big one happened hydrogen gas accumulated and exploded.
Why they did that? Local population was unhappy when they saw holes in reactor buildings.