GE protected from liability in flawed nuclear plants

[riverwalker]

The Idiocy and Hubris of Engineers: Will GE Get Whacked for the Catastrophic Failure of its Nuke Plants in Fukushima?

http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/509


GE shares fall on fears of lost nuclear sales, liability

http://www.forexyard.com/en/news/GE-shares-fall-on-fears-of-lost-nuclear-sales-liability-2011-03-15T133036Z


GE's Liability In Japan's Crisis Looks Limited

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110314-711811.html

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. The location of the back-up diesel generators seems to be

a gross bit of negligence by somebody. Placing these critical generators low enough to be at risk from tsunami appears now to be insane.

[FBaggins]

2. If we agree that it's the placement of the generators that's the problem

Then it isn't GE that is to blame.

It's some combination of Toshiba, Ebasco, and Kajima.

Additionally, GE isn't even the reactor supplier on three of the six reactors. They bought two from Toshiba and one from Hitachi. The one with the most significant failure to date is a Toshiba product.

On edit. Nope. It's #2 that has the torus problem. That's a GE unit.