When the Indian Ocean tsunami struck, the Madras reactor’s core could be kept in safe shutdown condition because the electrical systems had been ingeniously installed on higher ground than the plant itself. And, unlike Fukushima, which bore a direct impact, Madras was far away from the epicenter of the earthquake that unleashed the tsunami.
当年印度洋海啸来袭时，马德拉斯反应堆的核心之所以能够被安全关闭，就是因为相关电力控制系统被明智地安放在了比电站更高的地方。同时福岛核电站遭受了地震的直接影响，而马德拉斯核电站的位置则远离引发海啸的地震中心。