you mean no one thought of a tsunami? I find that hard to believe..
no reason why those gen sets weren’t built on top of the reactor or another high place...not at ground level
Agreed, there is plenty of high ground, why not put the whole plant farther inland? Amazing mistake.
With the budget they had, I can think of many fail safe simple designs that would prevent this, I'm sure many could with enough time & money, which they had a'plenty.
Simply shameful, I'm not saying they should "commit" , but I understand the cultural phenome.
The tsunami wave that hit the plant measured at least 7 metres in height, compared to the maximum 6.5 metre case the plant was designed to cope with.