A wake-up call from 'artificial disaster' Fukushima

The report of the Japanese Parliament's Investigation Committee on the Fukushima nuclear power incident shocked tens of millions of Japanese people, shocked the public widely worldwide. Many people interested in Vietnam cannot ignore .

Bad nuclear status at Japan's nuclear power plant, more than a year ago, aroused concerns in many people interested in Vietnam's nuclear power industry. Because Japan has been considered one of the two partners providing technology for Vietnam's first nuclear power plants.

The report of the National Assembly of Japan, last week, saw the horrific incident at the Fukushima Daiichi Plant as 'a dramatic human disaster' , which originated from 'Japanese culture for authority' , further intensifying more worry of many people about projects to build nuclear reactors at Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plant. Because what is happening in your country will be serious warnings for all levels of management in our country that are responsible for those projects, especially with Ninh Thuan 2 Nuclear Power Plant.

Fukushima nuclear power plant in tsunami earthquake disaster.

On the media in the world over the past few days almost assumed that the 641-page report of the Japanese Parliament's Investigation Committee is a serious and honest document. The weight of the report increased when it was implemented by 10 members who were prestigious figures in society, headed by Mr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a Doctor of Medicine, Former Chairman of the Japanese Science Council, was lived 15 years in the United States and was considered a sharp critic of education and business culture after returning home, since the 1980s. Moreover, the report is an elaborate survey and investigation work. 6 months, including 900 hearing hours and interviews with 1176 people.

Reading the specific conclusions in the report of the Japanese Parliament's Inspection Committee on the Fukushima disaster, there was a sense of seeing the threats emerging in the eyes of new countries entering nuclear power, especially especially developing countries like ours.

First , the report showed that some reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Plant were destroyed by the earthquake on March 11, 2011, even before the tsunami struck. In other words, the design and construction of the project did not meet the requirement of enduring earthquakes of level 9 - 10. The report emphasized: "Although natural disasters play an initial role, accidents at nuclear power plants Fukushima Daiichi happens later (the melting of fuel rods in some reactors) cannot be considered a natural disaster . " And the conclusion "It is a bold, man-made disaster - can and should have been anticipated and prevented".

Obviously, this is further aggravated by the leaders of Tokyo Electric Power Corporation (TEPCO) and Japan Nuclear Safety Agency (NISA). Because since 2006, the Japanese government has adjusted the earthquake response standards and asked agencies to monitor the plants they manage. TEPCO should have upgraded the earthquake countermeasures at the Fukushima plant to the new standard but they did not and the Industrial Safety Agency and the Japanese Nuclear Agency (NISA) did not check.

Second , the Investigation Committee said that the government's operating system in the event of a disaster is ineffective, does not prevent the escalation of destruction. That: high-ranking officials, including the then Prime Minister Naoto Kan, intervened too deeply in the early stages of the crisis on issues that should have been under TEPCO's expertise, adding to the confusion at Fukushima plant and has caused "chaos in the direction of troubleshooting troubleshooting" leading to "waste of time" . In addition, there has been a disruption of communication exchange between Tepco and the office of the Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

The report concludes: This situation stems from gaps in the organization and management system that make the parties make wrong decisions and actions. Moreover, this committee also adds: Disaster "is the result of collusion between government, managers and TEPCO".

Third , the 'Japanese culture' problem . The report caused surprise in public opinion when publicly mentioned and blamed for the mistakes that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster stemming from the "original roots of Japanese culture" . The traits of that culture are 'inherent obedience' , which is ' factionism ' , ' clumping '(isolation)' .

This is reflected in the lack of effective plans for disaster recovery and in the failure of NISA law regulators as well as the TEPCO Group executive agency to effectively respond to lovers. demand when disaster strikes.

The above failures, weaknesses, and shortcomings have made Japanese people suffer from pain as well as core lessons that need to be inscribed so that the following peoples like Vietnam can avoid stepping on false footprints. mistake others, avoid future consequences.

What is unexpected is that the human factor, attributed as the leading cause of the recent nuclear disaster, occurred in Japan, the second most developed country in the world.

Vietnam is a developing country, multifaceted - economic, cultural, educational, scientific and technological, management and, in particular, human factors in the posture of a high-level industrial owner like nuclear power. also lined up far behind them.

Implications like the one at Fukushima will be immeasurable if it happens in our country. So, more than anyone else, management levels are involved in the construction of a nuclear power plant, from the central government to ministries, departments, institutes, and institutes to know how to draw from Japanese nuclear disaster. Copy the most deepest, most urgent lessons for me.

It is becoming more and more clear, possessing nuclear power as a sharp knife. Therefore, every citizen wishes: In our country, at least in this field, there is no loose and weak management, sticky thoughts - living - working sloppily and arbitrarily, the rampage of 'group interests', particularly the opacity of greedy interferences.