They did plan for a 6 meter monster tsunami. They built a 10 meter tall sea wall. Then they got a ginormous über-monster 13 meter wave, far bigger than their largest “realistic” estimate of what could happen.
In hindsight, even worse than miscalculating the size of a possible tsunami, was the placing of reactors in such close proximity to one another where a strong release of radiation by one could contaminate the entire site. Then it’s only a matter of time before others start to go due their operating personnel being driven away by the radiation.
"Top scientists and government officials say that Tepco should be removed from all efforts to stabilize Fukushima. They say that an international team of the smartest engineers and scientists should instead handle this difficult mission."
"Because the U.S. controls Japanese nuclear policy, Americans should demand of our political representatives that they pressure Japan to kick Tepco off the job ... and let an international team of scientists and engineers take over."
What's our official US position? Have we sent our best people over there to do an assessment as an official US 'delegation' to advise and help? You would assume this was done right after it happened, but haven't heard nor read of it. Anyone know of an official US response team?