Fukushima No. 1 plant designed on ‘trial-and-error’ basis

[Barrett808]

7 April 2011 (Asahi Shimbun) – While changes improved safety at the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant, overconfidence, complacency and high costs stymied such action at the now-crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant, according to people familiar with the situation.

The difference in the safety designs was the main reason why the crisis continues to unfold at the Fukushima No. 1 plant--one of the oldest in Japan--while the No. 2 plant a few kilometers south remains relatively unscathed by the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. ...

Fukushima No. 1 plant designed on ‘trial-and-error’ basis

[Wilms]

1. And those errors are now on trial. n/t