On Mar 22, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Wojtek S wrote:
> Shane: "There was no "blunder," just a universally accepted
> "scientific" consensus that turned out to be wrong by a factor of
> hundreds of percent. "
>
> [WS:] Do you know that for a fact - and if so, how - or is it just
> your opinion about the state of knowledge pertaining to nuclear plant
> design?
The very first reports on the earthquake said that--based on historical experience and geological knowledge--the maximum conceivable was 8.5 (which the design would have withstood) and the quake/tsunami came in at 9.1.
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things." Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64