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RE: Fukushima Update: Prosecutors Look To Put ex-Tepco Executives In Jail For Years
I never thought that the Tepco people should be demonized in the way they have. How do you foresee that kind of cataclysm? I mean, there was some negligence and I guess there's always a CHANCE that a 7.6 earthquake will cause a 35 foot wave RIGHT in front of your nuclear power plant, but it just seems so unlikely. Every single failsafe failed. The wave was bigger than their 30 foot wall and the earthquake was bigger than they anticipated. Every accident is hypothetically avoidable, it's just that reality gets in the way.
the investigation found that they had fault in their safety standards and emergency procedures, that the "root causes" of the problem were centered around the organizational & regulatory systems..
more here from the report
Hindsight is 20/20. I just don't buy it. Every disaster could be "avoided" had x and y been done. There were safety measures in place. Lots of them. It's just that nobody really thought it was going to happen. I think the report also says that there was only a 20% chance of this kind of potentiality within 30 years? At those odds, I'd bet against nature too.
Also, the court said something like they didn't like that they chose cost over safety. How asinine. People and companies make that calculation every day of every year. It's part of the job.
it isn't about avoiding it it's about finding liability for the damages and determining if their actions in any way worsened the damage for victims.. which multiple courts have concluded was the case. 👍
I guess. Seems like nobody is really "at fault" here, so liability seems moot. It's not like the Chernobyl explosion where staff were clearly at fault.