When this is all over, when they peel the metal tank away, will they have a gigantic clear block of material?

Why wouldn't there be passive protection systems designed in?

After a big earthquake you don't want to have to also deal with other emergencies (à la Fukushima).

Aside: One good side-effect of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake being so horrific is that it stopped the self-obsessed whinging in my city (Christchurch was still trying to recover from an earthquake).

What the...?!

I was literally just this afternoon telling someone about TIWWW and posting them some favourites.

By the miraculous grace of God, a crack allowed pressure to bleed & enabled our engine company to prevent thermal runaway. A BLEVE was the projected outcome, a firefighters worst nightmare - see the Kingman BLEVE - https://www.cityofkingman.gov/government/departments-a-h/fir...