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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

TEPCO issues report on N-crisis


TEPCO issues report on N-crisis

The Daily Yomiuri -
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday the company's inadequate tsunami estimates led to the crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. TEPCO expressed the view in a final report by an internal ...

TEPCO says it 'never intended' abandoning crippled Fukushima plant

ABC Online -
By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy and wires The operator of Japan's Fukushima plant has denied it ever considered abandoning the crippled nuclear power plant in the wake of last year's devastating tsunami. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO)'s in-house ...

Report admits flaws worsened nuclear crisis

The Australian -
THE operator of the Japanese nuclear plant devastated by last year's tsunami has issued a final report on the disaster, outlining organisational and communication problems that have not yet been resolved. The report by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) ...

Japanese utility admits it failed to plan for tsunami disaster

Los Angeles Times -
The Japanese electrical utility that operated the now-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex acknowledged Wednesday that its managers were "too optimistic" that a devastating earthquake- and tsunami-triggered disaster would never occur.
 

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