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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Former Japan PM faults government, experts for Fukushima missteps

Former Japan PM faults government, experts for Fukushima missteps
The Japanese government is to blame for mishandling the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said. But experts from Tokyo Electric Power and the country's nuclear regulators also contributed to the missteps, Kan said. "Under Japanese law, experts at TEPCO, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission are supposed to be responsible for making a correct assessment of the conditions of the reactors," Kan said, adding that he listened to their advice without skepticism. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires
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