Man-Made Catastrophes are the Result of Wanting Service Assurance

Dimitris N. Chorafas ()

Chapter Chapter 5 in Quality Control Applications, 2013, pp 81-101 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A vast social, economic, and material damage was created on March 11, 2011 by the 8.9° Richter scale earthquake and the 10-m tsunami which followed it. The aftermath was a disaster for the Daiichi nuclear reactors at Fukushima, which were part of a system designed and built to answer Japan’s growing need for electric power. Nuclear energy had provided 30% of Japan’s power needs. As 2011 came to a close, two-thirds of the reactors were still idle.

Keywords: Nuclear Power Plant; Nuclear Plant; International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; Service Assurance; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2966-0_5

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