> Radioactive waste generated from treating highly contaminated water used to cool crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has thrown up yet new nightmarish challenges in decommissioning the facility, a project that is supposed to be completed in 30 years but which looks increasingly doubtful.
So not only did their nuclear engineers fail to foresee the effects of the tsunami, they are still being caught out by unexpected problems a decade later. It seems that nuclear energy is just beyond the ability of even well organised societies to safely manage.
So not only did their nuclear engineers fail to foresee the effects of the tsunami, they are still being caught out by unexpected problems a decade later. It seems that nuclear energy is just beyond the ability of even well organised societies to safely manage.