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The fate of Japan hung on a paper-thin margin due to the governments inadequate performance and the unprofessionalism of TEPCOs executives after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011, which almost caused the evacuation of 50 million people.
Total chaos in operations and decision making reigned at the highest level in Tokyo, when the 2011 earthquake and tsunami forced the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, Naoto Kan, a former Japanese prime minister told The Daily Telegraph ahead of the fifth anniversary of the tragedy.
Making any decisions when TEPCO, the power stations operator, offered no clear information to the scope of the disaster was nearly impossible.
There was so little precise information coming in. It was very difficult to make clear judgments. I dont consider myself a nuclear expert, but I did study physics at university, Kan told the Telegraph.
https://www.rt.com/news/334682-fukushima-tokyo-nuclear-disaster/
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)and having some here making fun of me. Well, if the PM says it... maybe I was right.
Ok, ok, better do my gear check
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)seemed we had a lot of "experts" scoffing at the potential for catastrophic ecological damage.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)it was down right bullying... and... they were wrong as far as Japan is concerned.
But those experts are gone now... hmmm some of us suspected they were hired by the industry for damage control.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)An MRI is good for about four hours. The weekend after Fukushima blew and the cloud came by here, I was pumped up for three days.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Fairgo
(1,571 posts)Like a squadron of flying assholes...
They seemed to have returned to base after their sortie.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)I have gone into self-imposed silence on Fukushima preferring to get and share information at less hostile sites.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Hey, there is a slew of shit I do not bother with here
Though in the recent past my other long range prediction is on the news... the breakdown of the GOP, or possible realignment of the two parties.
I just hope to god, that civil war I have seen as a possibilty does not become a reality. I would hate to tell the locals I told you so over that one.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)Always assume the worst and hopefully work back from there.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...all that was needed were Mothra and Godzilla swooping by...