Comments on: A History of childbirth and Misconceptions about Life Expectancy https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/08/a-history-of-childbirth-and-mi/ Mon, 09 May 2011 20:28:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Birger Johansson https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/05/08/a-history-of-childbirth-and-mi/#comment-502794 Mon, 09 May 2011 20:28:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/05/08/a-history-of-childbirth-and-mi/#comment-502794 (OT) Just in:
Fukushima accident “unavoidable”

The Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering Science has had a seminar about Fukushima, where the German association VGB has released its findings.
http://www.iva.se/press/Kalendarium/The-nuclear-accident-in-Fukushima/
Unfortunately I have not yet found any English summary of the seminar.
Basically, Japan is hit on average every thirty years by tsunamis big enough to breach the dykes protecting the Fukushima nuclear plants.

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