Investigating the Myth and Reality
by
The Independent Investigation on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
When the Nuclear Safety Commission in Japan reviewed safety-design guidelines for nuclear plants in 1990, the regulatory agency explicitly ruled out the need to consider prolonged AC power loss. In other words, nothing like the catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was possible—no...