I know that we will decommission or upgrade plants as needed, but other countries may not be as stringent or have the luxury of doing so. America is, and does though.
the reactors were built in the 60s and 70s, they were maintained of course, they just aren't the latest tech available
they also had studies that warned of higher tsunamis, which they ignored so they hadn't made their tsunami wall high enough...
these conditions are very specific and don't exist in most of the US for example. California is on a fault, but you don't need to build the plants on the fault or in California
Fukushima was also a plant that was old
Was it? I missed that part when it happened.
I know that we will decommission or upgrade plants as needed, but other countries may not be as stringent or have the luxury of doing so. America is, and does though.
the reactors were built in the 60s and 70s, they were maintained of course, they just aren't the latest tech available
they also had studies that warned of higher tsunamis, which they ignored so they hadn't made their tsunami wall high enough...
these conditions are very specific and don't exist in most of the US for example. California is on a fault, but you don't need to build the plants on the fault or in California
There are more than 100 reactors in the US