Looks like it was less a failure of imagination than a dearth of responsible regulation and ineffectual oversight.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-17...-accidents.html


Japan Nuclear Disaster Caps Decades of Faked Reports

By Jason Clenfield - Mar 18, 2011 4:52 AM ET

The unfolding disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant follows decades of falsified safety reports, fatal accidents and underestimated earthquake risk in Japan’s atomic power industry.