Title Why Fukushima was preventable / James M. Acton and Mark Hibbs

Published Washington, DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (43 pages) : illustrations (digital, PDF file) Series Carnegie papers Working papers (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Contents Summary. -- Introduction. -- The accident sequence. -- Identifying key questions. -- Underestimating the threat. -- Predicting disaster. -- A missed opportunity? -- How could the plant have been protected? -- International best practices. -- Why weren't these practices and actions carried out at Fukushima Daiichi? -- Conclusion. -- Notes. -- About the authors. -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Summary The Fukushima accident was preventable. Had the plant's owner, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), and Japan's regulator, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), followed international best practices and standards, it is conceivable that they would have predicted the possibility of the plant being struck by a massive tsunami. The plant would have withstood the tsunami had its design previously been upgraded in accordance with state-of-the-art safety approaches. Though there is no single reason for TEPCO and NISA's failure to follow international best practices and standards, a number of potential underlying causes can be identified. In the final analysis, the Fukushima accident does not reveal a previously unknown fatal flaw associated with nuclear power. Rather, it underscores the importance of periodically reevaluating plant safety in light of dynamic external threats and of evolving best practices, as well as the need for an effective regulator to oversee this process Analysis Nuclear power plants Nuclear reactors Nuclear safeguards Japan Best practice Tidal waves Earthquakes Risk management International comparisons Overseas item STER Nuclear Reactors - Japan Notes March 2012 "Nuclear policy." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-40) Notes Title from PDF cover screen (viewed on Mar. 9, 2012) Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader Subject Tōkyō Denryoku Kabushiki Kaisha -- Rules and practice -- Evaluation Genshiryoku Anzen Kiban Kikō -- Rules and practice -- Evaluation Genshiryoku Anzen Kiban Kikō Tōkyō Denryoku Kabushiki Kaisha Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Japan. Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011. Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan) -- Accidents Nuclear power plants -- Safety measures Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Prevention Nuclear power plants -- Accidents Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Prevention Nuclear power plants -- Safety measures Japan Form Electronic book Author Hibbs, Mark Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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