Could Scientists Have Prevented the Fukushima Meltdown?

Could Scientists Have Prevented the Fukushima Meltdown?
Slate Magazine
 

Understanding risk and responsibility after a nuclear disaster.

The tsunami topped a seawall and knocked out the power and backup generators at Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant. That killed the pumps that bathed radioactive fuel rods in water and kept them from melting. The cores in three reactors melted down.http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/nuclear_power/2013/01/scientists_responsibility_for_fukushima_balancing_risk_and_responsibility.html