Reply #26: From what I hear from folks who study this issue here in California - that is

[truedelphi]

Simply not true.

The back up systems are just as inadequate, and the only reason that you can claim the backup systems are on higher ground is that so far we haven't had any tsunami hit the San Onofre nuclear plant area yet.

And again, I must repeat my earlier posts on this: The Japanese People did not want these nuclear rectors in Fukushima Prefecture to be up and running. They wanted to have them decommissioned. they held an election, ditch ed the mayor who was pro-nuke, got Mr Sato elected, and as he was attempting to figure out how to have these plants decommissioned Lo and Behold:

Bush officials and GE officials swarmed Japan. They saw to it that bribery charges were brought against Mr Sato, totally trumped up charges, and he wa thrown to the wolves. A new and pro nuke mayor was installed, and the rest is radioactive history.