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March 14, 2011 at 11:50 AM #677880March 14, 2011 at 12:40 PM #676766
CoronitaParticipant[quote=Arraya]BBC is now reporting a whistleblower statement by Masashi Goto, nuclear engineer, that Toshiba (plant builder) knew that the engineering specs were not adequate for a disaster of this magnitude. Looks like this is a classic cost-benefit scenario, where engineers tell management what is necessary, and management makes the decision about the risks they can live with – in order to get the project margin up.[/quote]
Well, the interesting part though is that Toshiba didn’t build all three reactors…
Unit No. 1 is a General Electric Co. (GE) model that can generate 439 megawatts of power and began commercial operation in 1971, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The No. 2 reactor was built by GE Toshiba and the No. 3 by Toshiba Corp.
I doubt anyone really planned for a 9.0 earthquake followed by a tsunami that would cut off backup power, and backup to backup power to the cooling systems…
March 14, 2011 at 12:40 PM #676822CoronitaParticipant[quote=Arraya]BBC is now reporting a whistleblower statement by Masashi Goto, nuclear engineer, that Toshiba (plant builder) knew that the engineering specs were not adequate for a disaster of this magnitude. Looks like this is a classic cost-benefit scenario, where engineers tell management what is necessary, and management makes the decision about the risks they can live with – in order to get the project margin up.[/quote]
Well, the interesting part though is that Toshiba didn’t build all three reactors…
Unit No. 1 is a General Electric Co. (GE) model that can generate 439 megawatts of power and began commercial operation in 1971, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The No. 2 reactor was built by GE Toshiba and the No. 3 by Toshiba Corp.
I doubt anyone really planned for a 9.0 earthquake followed by a tsunami that would cut off backup power, and backup to backup power to the cooling systems…
March 14, 2011 at 12:40 PM #677433CoronitaParticipant[quote=Arraya]BBC is now reporting a whistleblower statement by Masashi Goto, nuclear engineer, that Toshiba (plant builder) knew that the engineering specs were not adequate for a disaster of this magnitude. Looks like this is a classic cost-benefit scenario, where engineers tell management what is necessary, and management makes the decision about the risks they can live with – in order to get the project margin up.[/quote]
Well, the interesting part though is that Toshiba didn’t build all three reactors…
Unit No. 1 is a General Electric Co. (GE) model that can generate 439 megawatts of power and began commercial operation in 1971, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The No. 2 reactor was built by GE Toshiba and the No. 3 by Toshiba Corp.
I doubt anyone really planned for a 9.0 earthquake followed by a tsunami that would cut off backup power, and backup to backup power to the cooling systems…
March 14, 2011 at 12:40 PM #677571CoronitaParticipant[quote=Arraya]BBC is now reporting a whistleblower statement by Masashi Goto, nuclear engineer, that Toshiba (plant builder) knew that the engineering specs were not adequate for a disaster of this magnitude. Looks like this is a classic cost-benefit scenario, where engineers tell management what is necessary, and management makes the decision about the risks they can live with – in order to get the project margin up.[/quote]
Well, the interesting part though is that Toshiba didn’t build all three reactors…
Unit No. 1 is a General Electric Co. (GE) model that can generate 439 megawatts of power and began commercial operation in 1971, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The No. 2 reactor was built by GE Toshiba and the No. 3 by Toshiba Corp.
I doubt anyone really planned for a 9.0 earthquake followed by a tsunami that would cut off backup power, and backup to backup power to the cooling systems…
March 14, 2011 at 12:40 PM #677914CoronitaParticipant[quote=Arraya]BBC is now reporting a whistleblower statement by Masashi Goto, nuclear engineer, that Toshiba (plant builder) knew that the engineering specs were not adequate for a disaster of this magnitude. Looks like this is a classic cost-benefit scenario, where engineers tell management what is necessary, and management makes the decision about the risks they can live with – in order to get the project margin up.[/quote]
Well, the interesting part though is that Toshiba didn’t build all three reactors…
Unit No. 1 is a General Electric Co. (GE) model that can generate 439 megawatts of power and began commercial operation in 1971, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The No. 2 reactor was built by GE Toshiba and the No. 3 by Toshiba Corp.
I doubt anyone really planned for a 9.0 earthquake followed by a tsunami that would cut off backup power, and backup to backup power to the cooling systems…
March 14, 2011 at 12:58 PM #676776outtamojo
ParticipantThe thorium backers should be having a field day with this.
March 14, 2011 at 12:58 PM #676832ParticipantThe thorium backers should be having a field day with this.
March 14, 2011 at 12:58 PM #677443ParticipantThe thorium backers should be having a field day with this.
March 14, 2011 at 12:58 PM #677581ParticipantThe thorium backers should be having a field day with this.
March 14, 2011 at 12:58 PM #677924ParticipantThe thorium backers should be having a field day with this.
March 14, 2011 at 1:03 PM #676761no_such_reality
ParticipantThe quake happened at 2:46PM local time.
The wave travels at 500 MPH.
So for Tokyo, the time was half hour from quake to landfall.
For the places seen destroyed, the quake was 80 miles off the coast. For San Diego, think Catalina island.
So Sendai would have been hit in under 10 minutes of the quake.
10 minutes…
–edit—I stand corrected, apparently time lag for nearest points was 10-30 minutes. Sendai airport, (distance unknown) was 1 hour.
The wave slows to approximately 45MPH with shorefall.
March 14, 2011 at 1:03 PM #676817ParticipantThe quake happened at 2:46PM local time.
The wave travels at 500 MPH.
So for Tokyo, the time was half hour from quake to landfall.
For the places seen destroyed, the quake was 80 miles off the coast. For San Diego, think Catalina island.
So Sendai would have been hit in under 10 minutes of the quake.
10 minutes…
–edit—I stand corrected, apparently time lag for nearest points was 10-30 minutes. Sendai airport, (distance unknown) was 1 hour.
The wave slows to approximately 45MPH with shorefall.
March 14, 2011 at 1:03 PM #677428ParticipantThe quake happened at 2:46PM local time.
The wave travels at 500 MPH.
So for Tokyo, the time was half hour from quake to landfall.
For the places seen destroyed, the quake was 80 miles off the coast. For San Diego, think Catalina island.
So Sendai would have been hit in under 10 minutes of the quake.
10 minutes…
–edit—I stand corrected, apparently time lag for nearest points was 10-30 minutes. Sendai airport, (distance unknown) was 1 hour.
The wave slows to approximately 45MPH with shorefall.
March 14, 2011 at 1:03 PM #677566ParticipantThe quake happened at 2:46PM local time.
The wave travels at 500 MPH.
So for Tokyo, the time was half hour from quake to landfall.
For the places seen destroyed, the quake was 80 miles off the coast. For San Diego, think Catalina island.
So Sendai would have been hit in under 10 minutes of the quake.
10 minutes…
–edit—I stand corrected, apparently time lag for nearest points was 10-30 minutes. Sendai airport, (distance unknown) was 1 hour.
The wave slows to approximately 45MPH with shorefall.
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