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Automation Lessons Learned from March 11 Disasters in Japan
Not surprisingly, many of the discussions focused on the inadequacies of the process control and protective systems installed at the at Fukushima nuclear power plant. However, in most cases, the same lessons learned can also be applied to critical operations in any industrial plant. Among the 200 attendees at the ARC Tokyo Forum were end-user engineers,...
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