Fukushima Was Ruined by Quake Even before the Tsunami

We ’ve long assumed that the double decker disaster scenario of a massive earthquake and tsunami caused the Fukushima meltdown . Turns out , all it admit was the former , which knocked out Fukushima ’s cool inless than 10 minute .

book released by TEPCO from the day of the quake show that the plant life began to plunge into crisis long before the tsunami even strike — severely overheating and quickening the subsequent meltdown . Of course , the damage from the tsunami did n’t assist . But this revelation mean simply build protective sea wall wo n’t keep Japan ’s other nuclear sites secure — just being in a quake - prostrate region is enough to get disastrous hurt . [ New Scientist ]

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