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Authorities Ignored Warning Nuclear Plants Were Vulnerable

A government body conducted analyses on the damage tsunamis of various scale would inflict on Japan's nuclear power plants, according to documents made public yesterday, adding to allegations that Japan and its largest utility failed to heed warnings.

The institution affiliated with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, however, analyzed the dangers of tsunamis ranging from 3 meters to 23 meters in a report originally published in December.

"Our analysis shows that a tsunami of a certain height (some 7 meters in the absence of a seawall and some 15 meters if one were present) or higher would have almost a 100 percent chance of damaging the reactor core ... ," the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization report said.

"We presume a tsunami of at least 7 meters would destroy the functions of a seawater pump and that of at least 15 meters would destroy outside equipment such as an electrical transformer," the report showed.

(Reuters)


 

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