Sunday May 27, 2012

Tide barrier

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Tide barrier
AP/TEPCO

In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), temporary tide barriers are set up at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture.

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  • -1

    some14some

    Now no more barriers will be required atleast for this century. Anyway good if it provides some comfort to TEPCO officials.

  • 1

    Disillusioned

    Are they there to keep the sea water out or the radioactive water in?

  • 1

    MrDog

    I'm sorry, but that looks like a very poor barrier.

    Even though it's long, it looks like something kids have made.

  • 2

    Maitake

    that oughta do the trick!

  • 2

    GW

    looks highly porous to me, but then perception is WAY MORE IMPORTANT in Japan than reality sadly

  • -1

    ihavegreatlegs

    Where are the legos?

  • 0

    wanderlust

    Tide barrier - maybe; tsunami barrier - no way. Having seen the force that the tsunami delivers on to walls and other man-made barriers, they need to be a lot more solid than that.

  • -1

    YongYang

    Get a couple of single hulled supertankers that are being phased out so cheap, postion "em, sink 'em. Temporary tsunami barrier.

  • 0

    the_sheriff

    Sodai gomi day at Fukushima Daiichi.

  • 0

    thepro

    About 2 metres high? Well, safety measures finished there

  • 0

    cactusJack

    This is the Japan version of "security theater".

  • 1

    billyshears

    I guess we can all rest easy as obviously TEPCO are in complete command of the situation. There's no way another tsunami could get over that kind of barrier.

  • 0

    gogogo

    Made of paper and foam.... "we tried" should be tepco's motto

  • 0

    gogogo

    Actually you are correct... this is a tide barrier... it does not stop waves.... the tide NEVER gets that high so why did they waste time and money on it if it can not stop a tsunami wave

  • 0

    Cricky

    Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, my stomach huts...great joke

  • 0

    tigerguy

    What a cheap cheap job!

  • 0

    scooternak

    For the doubters, it's comforting to know that you "engineers" are in the know. Thanks for sharing your professional observations. Hopefully the barrier will be effective, should it be necessary, which we hope is not the case. Ganbatte Japan

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