All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Saturday, September 19, 2026
Bill Gurley characterized the Fukushima nuclear disaster as a preventable accident, despite the seawall's height of 5.7 meters. He explained that the water went over the wall, disabling generators and leading to core meltdowns, causing 2,200 deaths and $200 billion in cleanup costs.
“2200 deaths, 150,000 displaced, 200 billion in cleanup. What happened here?”
“The seawall in front of the nuclear plant was 5.7 meters. The water went over the wall, took out the generators, the cores started to melt down, there was nowhere to cool them, and the disaster happened.”
“And that's what's unfortunate is this was a preventable accident as well.”