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by pbhjpbhj 2548 days ago
FWIW dreamcompiler said "simply siting the generators above ground".

That doesn't mean it's easy to realise the need to do that action, it means it's not a _complex_ action in itself.

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It's actually kind of interesting. After the disaster, the nuclear power plant near me moved it's backup generators literally on the top of a neighbouring hill -- it's about 100 meters above the entire complex. And they made another backup one on another hill. Once you know the problem, it's not hard to fix it. I admit to being a bit worried that now the generators are too far away from the power plant so that when an earthquake happens (we're 50 years overdue for a regular terrible earthquake) it will be disconnected. The irony will be lost if it happens, I'm sure...