Report: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster was “Manmade” | World | TIME.com

Report: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster was “Manmade” | World | TIME.com 

Infuriating.
Not sustainable.
Add in human idiocy, not only in planning, but execution, cost-cutting, etc.
Too many risks, too widespread, too dangerous.
Already caused too much damage.

Clean-energy.
Sustainable.

"A scathing Japanese parliamentary report investigating the circumstances of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant disaster blamed the dangerous incident on collusion between government agencies and Japan's leading energy company."

Here are a few other noteworthy conclusions from the report’s executive summary:

• On ignoring the very real possibility of a large tsunami: “Since 2006, the regulators and TEPCO were aware of the risk that a total outage of electricity at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant might occur if the tsunami were to reach the level of the site.”
• On the lack of a good evacuation plan: “Only 20 percent of the residents of the town hosting the plant knew about the accident when evacuation from the 3km zone was ordered at 21:23 on the evening of March 11
• On incomplete and poorly disseminated information about radiation after the event: “[The government] failed to explain… the risks of radiation exposure to different segments of the population, such as infants and youths, expecting mothers, or people particularly susceptible to the risks of radiation.”
• On the insularity of Japan’s nuclear industry: “The regulators also had a negative attitude toward the importation of new advances in knowledge and technology from overseas. If NISA [Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency] had passed on to TEPCO measures that were included in the B.5.b subsection of the U.S. security order that followed the 9/11 terrorist action, and if TEPCO had put the measures in place, the accident may have been preventable.”

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