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Nuclear crisis man-made: Diet panel via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/07/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Regulatory system corrupt; safety steps were rejected The crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was man-made and not a natural disaster, fundamentally the result of a long-corrupt regulatory system that allowed Tokyo Electric Power Co. to put off … Continue reading →

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Fukushima reactor meltdown was a man-made disaster, says official report via The Guardian

Posted on 2012/07/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Last year’s accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was a manmade disaster caused by poor regulation and collusion between the government, the operator and the industry’s watchdog, a report has said. In a highly critical assessment published on … Continue reading →

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L’accident de Fukushima, “un désastre créé par l’homme” via Le Monde

Posted on 2012/07/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

L’accident nucléaire de Fukushima a été “un désastre créé par l’homme” et non pas simplement provoqué par le séisme et le tsunami géant survenus le 11 mars 2011 dans le nord-est du Japon, a conclu jeudi 5 juillet une commission … Continue reading →

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Fukushima war “Desaster von Menschenhand” via tagesschau.de

Posted on 2012/07/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Die Katastrophe im Atomkraftwerk Fukushima wäre vermeidbar gewesen. Zu diesem Schluss kommt eine Untersuchungskommission des japanischen Parlaments in einem in Tokio vorgelegten Bericht. Die Katastrophe sei zwar vom Erdbeben und Tsunami am 11. März 2011 ausgelöst worden, dennoch könne “der … Continue reading →

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Diet investigative panel: Fukushima nuclear accident was man-made via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2012/07/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Lambasting both Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the prime minister’s office, the Diet’s task force investigating the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant recommended an overhaul of the government’s crisis management system. “The accident was not a natural … Continue reading →

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Japanese commission: Don’t blame Mother Nature for Fukushima via Grist

Posted on 2012/07/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Japan’s Fukushima disaster was one of the worst nuclear accidents in history, rendering a large area of the country uninhabitable for the immediate future. The meltdown was triggered by last year’s earthquake and tsunami, but don’t go blaming Nature, says … Continue reading →

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Commission Calls Fukushima Nuclear Crisis a Man-Made Disaster via The New York Times

Posted on 2012/07/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

TOKYO — The nuclear accident at Fukushima was a preventable disaster rooted in government-industry collusion and the worst conformist conventions of Japanese culture, a parliamentary inquiry concluded on Thursday. The report, released by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, … Continue reading →

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Naoto Kan, former Japanese Prime Minister, blames advisors for missteps during nuclear plant meltdown via Global Post

Posted on 2012/05/28 by kojimaaiko

Naoto Kan, who was Japan’s prime minister during the March 2011 nuclear reactor meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant following an earthquake and tsunami, blamed his advisors for government missteps today, the Associated Press reported. Speaking to a parliamentary panel … Continue reading →

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