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tw · 04-12-2011, 05:48 PM

Kids who learn by fixing things would have known this in junior high school. To fix something, one must first define the problem. Four weeks after the problem existed, Japanese are finally admitting hard facts of their nuclear power plant problems. Days ago, the Japanese government said their nuclear plant meltdowns and explosions were a category seven event. Highest on the scale. Chernobyl also was a category seven event.

Japanese government only raised their rating from four to seven after having been provided accurate data. Fukushima may have only been 10% of the radiation emitted by Chernobyl. But Chernobyl was a complete plant meltdown and fire.

What is not reported is why the Japanese government only recently obtained these numbers. Tokyo Electric (TEPCO) was doing what any business school graduate would do. Lie. Pretend everything is under control.

GPU (Metropolitan Edison) did the exact same lying during Three Mile Island. Like Fukushima, a 3 Mile Island event was created first by a cost control mentality followed by denials at the highest levels of management. Three Mile Island was only a category 5 event because Jimmy Carter and the NRC commissioner immediately took 3 Mile Island away from the only reason for that failure - GPU management. Carter, et al did what any manager with basic intelligence and technical experience would do because GPU management also were business school graduates. With virtually no idea how electricity or nuclear power works.

It took the Japanese government four weeks to acknowledge what was even posted here weeks ago. TEPCO management must be lying even to itself. Or are doing exactly what is taught in business schools. Either way, one (of three) Japanese disaster that was completely created by humans is directly traceable to top management. And to a lesser extent, to a Japanese government who did not recognize how incompetent and dishonest TEPCO management has been.

No solution was possible because TEPCO management not only denied the problems. But apparently subverted facts to do what any business school graduate would do to even lie about Mission Accomplished. First step to any solution means a problem must first be defined.

04-12-2011, 05:48 PM	#11
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Kids who learn by fixing things would have known this in junior high school. To fix something, one must first define the problem. Four weeks after the problem existed, Japanese are finally admitting hard facts of their nuclear power plant problems. Days ago, the Japanese government said their nuclear plant meltdowns and explosions were a category seven event. Highest on the scale. Chernobyl also was a category seven event. Japanese government only raised their rating from four to seven after having been provided accurate data. Fukushima may have only been 10% of the radiation emitted by Chernobyl. But Chernobyl was a complete plant meltdown and fire. What is not reported is why the Japanese government only recently obtained these numbers. Tokyo Electric (TEPCO) was doing what any business school graduate would do. Lie. Pretend everything is under control. GPU (Metropolitan Edison) did the exact same lying during Three Mile Island. Like Fukushima, a 3 Mile Island event was created first by a cost control mentality followed by denials at the highest levels of management. Three Mile Island was only a category 5 event because Jimmy Carter and the NRC commissioner immediately took 3 Mile Island away from the only reason for that failure - GPU management. Carter, et al did what any manager with basic intelligence and technical experience would do because GPU management also were business school graduates. With virtually no idea how electricity or nuclear power works. It took the Japanese government four weeks to acknowledge what was even posted here weeks ago. TEPCO management must be lying even to itself. Or are doing exactly what is taught in business schools. Either way, one (of three) Japanese disaster that was completely created by humans is directly traceable to top management. And to a lesser extent, to a Japanese government who did not recognize how incompetent and dishonest TEPCO management has been. No solution was possible because TEPCO management not only denied the problems. But apparently subverted facts to do what any business school graduate would do to even lie about Mission Accomplished. First step to any solution means a problem must first be defined.