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Why I am not worried about Japan’s nuclear reactors.

I am writing this text (Mar 12) to give you some peace of mind regarding some of the troubles in Japan, that is the safety of Japan’s nuclear reactors. Up front, the situation is serious, but under control. And this text is long! But you will know more about nuclear power plants after reading it than all journalists on this planet put together.

There was and will *not* be any significant release of radioactivity.

by Dr J. Oehmen. Длинный относительно подробный write-up (на английском) о ситуации с реакторами в Фукушиме. TLDR: хорошего мало, но прогноз пока позитивный.

Some Perspective On The Japan Earthquake

Japan is exceptionally well-prepared to deal with natural disasters: it has spent more on the problem than any other nation, largely as a result of frequently experiencing them. (Have you ever wondered why you use Japanese for “tsunamis” and “typhoons”?) All levels of the government, from the Self Defense Forces to technical translators working at prefectural technology incubators in places you’ve never heard of, spend quite a bit of time writing and drilling on what to do in the event of a disaster.
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The overwhelming response of Japanese engineering to the challenge posed by an earthquake larger than any in the last century was to function exactly as designed. Millions of people are alive right now because the system worked and the system worked and the system worked.

by Patrick "patio11" McKenzie. На английском, о том, как японцы готовятся к таким вещам и как они справляются с этим конкретным SHTF (TLDR: хорошо готовятся и поэтому хорошо справляются).

(via HackerNews)