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14. Sort of like Fukushima

Thu Aug 31, 2017, 10:21 AM

Aug 2017

Build a nuclear power plant in an area known for Tsunamis and then put the critical backup power systems in the easily flooded basement.

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Why isn't this inside of a mountain like NORAD? roamer65 Aug 2017 #1

This is what happens when customerserviceguy Aug 2017 #13

Yeah, I noticed that. I wonder what's going on. n/t pnwmom Aug 2017 #5

This is exactly how the zombie apocalypse begins ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #3

Kind of like building a nuclear power plant on a fault line... world wide wally Aug 2017 #4

Yeah, and there's this, at San Onofre... GReedDiamond Aug 2017 #6

That's what happens when a state is owned by corporations. C Moon Aug 2017 #7

humans are idiots. pansypoo53219 Aug 2017 #8

R&K Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #9

What GOP style DEREGULATION gets you. n/t CousinIT Aug 2017 #10

Sigh............. what could possibly go wrong.............. raven mad Aug 2017 #11

Now this scares the shit out of me. Vinca Aug 2017 #12

Sort of like Fukushima FLPanhandle Aug 2017 #14

The siting of the biohazard lab in Boston is equally fucked up: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2017 #15

Pierce: An Important Clarification About the Galveston National Laboratory muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 #16