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cineticdaffodil 78 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants

How could japan have made that powerplant tsunami proof? Put the emergency generators on a pontoon or on a inland moumountain?

Moldoteck 77 days ago | [–]

put some generators on roof. Generator placement in Jp was based on BWRs placement in US - underground, which is sane considering tornados and stuff. But it wasnt adapted there

skybrian 78 days ago | [–]

The same way anyone else avoids flooding: by building it on slightly higher ground.

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