Japan: Fukushima operator built nuclear plants to withstand only up to 7.9 quake
Taken from boingboing: Photo by Reuters Documents from Tokyo Electric, the operator of the Japanese nuclear plants in crisis after Friday’s devastating quake and tsunami, reveal that the company tested the Fukushima plant to withstand a quake up to magnitude 7.9. That threshold is well below the force of Friday’s quake, recently upgraded to 9.0.…
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