Natural bodies of water are great sources of coolant as you don't have to transport to site as it's right there.
The stupidity/design and operations flaws were building the sea walls too low despite said feature being criticised and suggested for improvement. It never was.
The natural disaster was the fourth strongest earthquake ever recorded since records began in 1990.
To give an idea of the scale of such an earthquake:
it moved Honshu (the main island of Japan) 2.4 m (8 ft) east
shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm (4 in) and 25 cm (10 in)
increased earth's rotational speed by 1.8 µs per day
generated infrasound waves detected in perturbations of the low-orbiting Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer satellite
So to summerise: It moved most of Japan closer to the US. The redistribution of mass resulted in an increase of how fast the planet spins. And was detected in space through sheer force of vibrating through vacuum.
So the 14 metre waves from the tsunami that hit the inferior designs of the power plant just fucked the place.
Natural bodies of water are great sources of coolant as you don't have to transport to site as it's right there.
The stupidity/design and operations flaws were building the sea walls too low despite said feature being criticised and suggested for improvement. It never was.
The natural disaster was the fourth strongest earthquake ever recorded since records began in 1990.
To give an idea of the scale of such an earthquake:
So to summerise: It moved most of Japan closer to the US. The redistribution of mass resulted in an increase of how fast the planet spins. And was detected in space through sheer force of vibrating through vacuum.
So the 14 metre waves from the tsunami that hit the inferior designs of the power plant just fucked the place.