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Old 03-16-2011, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Riot View Post
You said "the company that built the plant did a great job". I said, except for where they put the backup power generators.

And yes, in the intervening years, nobody else apparently bothered to address that original design flaw. Must have thought it would never be a concern, that water could never get that high. Turns out they were wrong.
Japan is a f'n island. Where were inspectors in the 40 years since it was built and likely 50 since it was designed. Give me a break. You dislike GE cause you dislike America.
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