# Japan hit by massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake

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**Created:** [March 10, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/japan-hit-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-earthquake/257296 "2011-03-10T23:16:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/japan-hit-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-earthquake/257296/64 "2011-03-13T16:29:29Z")

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> [@you dont mess with the zohan](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-dont-mess-with-the-zohan/40195/4):
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> Comparing the RBMK reactor at chernobyl to the LWR in japan is like comparing a shoebox to a modern day bank vault in terms of reliability, containment, and all other lines around structures and redundancies.

Oh without a doubt, but I’m just making the point that Chernobyl had “safeties” in place just like Japan did, there problem much like japan was an event that caused all of them to fail at once. Big difference being that Chernobyl was a technical problem that would probably not ever happen again.

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