[Noob1999]

............General Electric is such a corrupt, disgusting Obama company..............................

Before you revile GE for all the Japanese problems, you’d best check who provided the design and equipments for each one of the reactors on site!

[Frantzie]

Before you tell me anything check and see who asked Uncle Sam Obama to back their worthless debt with the US Treasury to keep their phony AAA rating. GE is a scum company with TV networks that love hussein plus TV shows that bash republicans. Tell your boss immelt to shove it.

[MasterGunner01]

It is my understanding that the Japanese were the ones who developed the specifications and approved the site plans for the stricken reactor site. GE built their reactors and supporting equipment to conform to the Japanese specifications, so they delivered what their customer required. I have heard that GE did recommend changes to the specifications that were not adopted. Whether those recommendations would have mattered in this case remains unknown. Obviously, the reactors were shutdown without a hitch by the earthquake. It was the emergency systems, taken out by the tsunami, that failed and led to this disaster.

I have had mixed contacts with GE Aircraft Engine Group (Cincinnati, OH and Lynn, MA) over the years prior to retirement. However, to dump the blame entirely on GE's shoulders is neither fair or realistic.