Fukushima disaster profoundly man-made: Report
July 05, 2012 12:53
Update on the Fukushima nuclear disaster report.
The crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant was "a profoundly man-made disaster", a Japanese parliamentary panel has said in a report. The disaster "could and should have been foreseen and prevented" and its effects "mitigated by a more effective human response", it said. The report catalogued serious deficiencies in both the government and plant operator Tepco's response.
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