I worked at US nuclear plants for 35 years. All our big diesel storage tanks (10,000+ gallons) were below ground. There is a Day Tank inside near the DG that held about 500 gallons. For some reason they put their big storage tanks above ground exposed to the environment.
A raised platform for that was all that was needed, a million $ of adjustment and the disaster never happens.
There is high ground west of the plant.
They clearly didn’t do proper HAZOP.
I worked at US nuclear plants for 35 years. All our big diesel storage tanks (10,000+ gallons) were below ground. There is a Day Tank inside near the DG that held about 500 gallons. For some reason they put their big storage tanks above ground exposed to the environment.
I never worked at a nuke so i defer.
But as discussed, if they keep the emergency power on, no disaster, Germany not driving off a cliff, the world looks different etc etc.
For want of a nail the battle was lost. Marshall Ney and the Japanese engineer both changed the world through small oversights.