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Panel’s interim report condemns response to disaster at Fukushima Daiichi via Bellona

The report, which is the beginning of what many hope is a public reckoning by the Japanese government that will finally reveal the truth, comes quickly on the heels of an announcement last week that the plant’s melted down reactors … Continue reading

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Fukushima accident: disaster response failed – report via BBC News

A lack of preparedness for a disaster and failures in the response to it exacerbated the effects of the nuclear accident at Japan’s Fukushima plant in March, a new report says. The government-commissioned study said plant operators and regulators had … Continue reading

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