Originally posted by bthomasowns
Im just curious as to what the F*** they were thinking when they decided putting a Nuclear power plant on top of a fault line was ever a good idea!?!?! Honestly, they knew it was there... 8th grade geography teaches where fault lines lay and what occurs when earthquakes happen. (Basically, they push up or cave in, for those who havent made it to 8th grade yet)You mean to tell me out of 128 million citizens, no one was clever enough to say hey, this might not be such a good idea. I know japan needs nuclear power because its to populated to run off any other power source but where my fault lines lay is one thing i would consider in the building process of the power to my country. You build these plants on the other side of japan and this problem doesnt exist. Dont take this the wrong way, its very unfortunate that a natural disaster happened here (earthquake, tsunami) and my thoughts and prayers go out to these individuals and thier families, but what follows is a Man Made Disaster. Just as is the BP oil well ordeal. The japanese citizens need to come together and ask the people in charge Why n How.
Murphys law - "What can happen will happen" ... So plan accordingly
It looks like the plant that is having trouble is not on a fault line. (at least not on the plate boundary)
http://www.thedailyplanet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5707:japans-nuclear-plants-and-faultlines-map&catid=16:international&Itemid=264
It's like saying you can't build a reactor in vegas because it's on the san andreas fault line.
Im just curious as to what the F*** they were thinking when they decided putting a Nuclear power plant on top of a fault line was ever a good idea!?!?! Honestly, they knew it was there... 8th grade geography teaches where fault lines lay and what occurs when earthquakes happen. (Basically, they push up or cave in, for those who havent made it to 8th grade yet)You mean to tell me out of 128 million citizens, no one was clever enough to say hey, this might not be such a good idea. I know japan needs nuclear power because its to populated to run off any other power source but where my fault lines lay is one thing i would consider in the building process of the power to my country. You build these plants on the other side of japan and this problem doesnt exist. Dont take this the wrong way, its very unfortunate that a natural disaster happened here (earthquake, tsunami) and my thoughts and prayers go out to these individuals and thier families, but what follows is a Man Made Disaster. Just as is the BP oil well ordeal. The japanese citizens need to come together and ask the people in charge Why n How.
Murphys law - "What can happen will happen" ... So plan accordingly
It looks like the plant that is having trouble is not on a fault line. (at least not on the plate boundary)
http://www.thedailyplanet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5707:japans-nuclear-plants-and-faultlines-map&catid=16:international&Itemid=264
It's like saying you can't build a reactor in vegas because it's on the san andreas fault line.
