An accidental mascot for an accident
Entirely by accident the above mascot for a Japanese fridge manufacturer has become the ‘unofficial’ mascot for the Daichii Fukushima site, after a few people noticed the inadvertently hilarious english name. Which all seems strangely appropriate, though a crack in the egg would have made it perfect… 🙂
My thanks to John Downer for the link.
For those interested the interim report by Mike Weightman, the UK’s Inspector of Nuclear Installations, on lessons from Fukushima has been released.
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With a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s in Systems Engineering, Matthew Squair is a principal consultant with Jacobs Australia. His professional practice is the assurance of safety, software and cyber-security, and he writes, teaches and consults on these subjects. He can be contacted at mattsquair@gmail.com
