Episode 34 - Fukushima Daini | The Surviving Sister Plant

While Fukushima Daiichi is the plant that comes to mind when people think of the Nuclear Disaster that occurred in Japan in 2011, not much is said about the sister plant that managed to survive the nuclear catastrophe that could have been.  

Subtle differences in leadership played a key factor for motivation and overall how the plant outcomes turned out. We'll discuss today how Fukushima Daini was left mostly unharmed. 

Sources:

https://hbr.org/2014/07/how-the-other-fukushima-plant-survived

https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g01053/

https://communications.catholic.edu/news/2023/06/engineer-who-saved-nuclear-plant-from-meltdown-shares-leadership-lessons.html

https://www.quality.org/knowledge/%E2%80%8Bfukushima-daiichi-and-daini-%E2%80%93-tale-two-leadership-styles

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Tepco-declares-Fukushima-Daini-for-decommissioning

 

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