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Japan quake stressed nuclear plant beyond design limit (kyodonews.net)
16 points by anigbrowl 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> Yamanaka, an expert on nuclear power engineering, also urged the operator to get to the bottom of a breakdown of electric transformers installed at its Nos. 1 and 2 reactors that has partially prevented the Shika plant from receiving power supplied from outside.

Looks like, 12+ years after Fukushima, that lesson wasn't enough.




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