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Fukushima was a "everything that could go wrong, did go wrong " event. An aging power plant that was denied modernisation because anti-nuclear activists wanted no more funds no matter the reason to go to nuclear. An earthquake then a tsunami hitting it and the back up generators being in a basement level that got flooded.
The lesson here isn't nuclear is too dangerous to use, just like Chernobyl was an example of poor design and corrupt, inexperienced staff and then a culture of misinformation to save face, Fukushima is an example of what happens when you let political activists dictate where funds are allocated based on ideology rather than a reasoned argument.
I'd like to emphesize the earthquake a bit. It was one of the strongest to hit Japan. Japan gets hit constantly by earthquakes, it's a common occurance there so everything is build to withstand until a certain magnitude(I think it should be 8), Fukushima earthquake was a 9.1. I don't know how feasible it is to even build against that. They probably have to build one of those ones that just can't melt down.
It is just not safe to build NPPs in those areas, Turkey is planning to build one...
Structures are not build to withstand a single big shake, Crete had a 6R one 4 years ago and 300 of over 4R till then. In some areas the ground has risen by 3 or more meters and it still rises.