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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Commission Calls Fukushima Nuclear Crisis a Man-Made-Disaster


Commission Calls Fukushima Nuclear Crisis a Man-Made Disaster
New York Times
An inquiry concluded that the nuclear accident was rooted in government-industry collusion, and warned that the plant may not have stood up to earthquake damage.

Japanese panel calls Fukushima meltdowns a 'manmade disaster'

msnbc.com (blog) -
Kyodo News via AP The rubble is removed Thursday from the damaged No. 4 reactor building at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. By NBC News' Arata Yamamoto Japan's Fukushima Daiichi ...

Japan's atomic disaster due to "collusion" : panel report

Reuters Canada -
By Risa Maeda and Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis was a preventable disaster resulting from "collusion" among the government, regulators and the plant operator, an expert panel said on Thursday, wrapping up an inquiry into ...

In The News

ABC News -
Nuclear power returned to Japan's energy mix for the first time in two months Thursday, hours before a parliamentary panel blamed the government's cozy relations with the industry for the meltdowns that prompted the mass shutdown of the nation's ...

The Blurring Line Between Natural and Manmade Disasters

Forbes - ‎4
Troubled Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) president Masataka Shimizu (C) speaks to reporters after apologising to evacuees for the accident at his company's Fukushima Daiichi number 1 nuclear-power plant at a shelter at Koriyama city in Fukushima ...

Japanese panel: Fukushima a 'man-made' disaster

Christian Science Monitor - ‎58 minutes ago‎
The panel's report on the Fukushima nuclear disaster could fuel complaints that Japan is restarting nuclear reactors before key reforms are in place. By Justin McCurry, Correspondent / July 5, 2012 Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled ...

Japan sticks to atomic energy

Deutsche Welle - ‎1 hour ago‎
After having remained off the grid for months, Japan's nuclear power plants are being reactivated again. A reactor has already started running while the anti-atomic energy protest in Japan is on the rise. All of Japan's 50 nuclear power plants were ...

Report: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster was “Manmade”

TIME - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Krista Mahr | July 5, 2012 | + No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Fukushima Prefecture. A Japanese parliament-appointed panel investigating the Fukushima plant disaster released a report same day ...

Japan powered by nuclear energy again, blamed anew

Huffington Post -
MARI YAMAGUCHI | July 5, 2012 11:34 AM EST | AP TOKYO — Nuclear power returned to Japan's energy mix for the first time in two months Thursday, hours before a parliamentary panel blamed the government's cozy relations with the industry for the ...

Fukushima a 'man-made disaster'

Taipei Times -
FAULT LINE:An inquiry found the Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdown was a preventable 'man-made' disaster. It condemned the 'ignorance and arrogance' of those in charge Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear crisis was a preventable disaster resulting from ...

Fukushima Disaster Was Man-Made, Investigation Finds

Businessweek -
By Tsuyoshi Inajima, Jacob Adelman and Yuji Okada on July 05, 2012 The Fukushima nuclear disaster was the result of “man-made” failures before and after last year's earthquake, according to a report from an independent parliamentary investigation.

Panel: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster 'Man-Made'

Voice of America -
TOKYO — A parliamentary report in Japan concludes the meltdowns last year at the Fukushima nuclear power plant were clearly a man-made disaster, and that the facility was vulnerable to earthquakes. The six-month parliamentary investigation casts blame ...

Fukushima crisis 'made in Japan'

Financial Times -
By Mure Dickie in Tokyo The chairman of an investigation ordered by Japan's parliament into last year's failure of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has declared that it was a crisis “Made in Japan” resulting from the “ingrained conventions ...

MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press

San Francisco Chronicle -
Technicians monitor at central control room of Ohi nuclear power plant in Ohi town, Fukui prefecture, western Japan after the No. 3 reactor began generating electricity in the first restart since last year's tsunami led to a nationwide nuclear power ...

Report: Bad Procedures Caused The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

NPR (blog) -
by Korva Coleman Smoke rises from Unit No. 3 of the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. On the same day Japan's first nuclear power plant went back online, a panel of Japanese officials released a ...

Fukushima disaster 'man-made'

iAfrica.com -
Last year's Fukushima nuclear accident was a man-made disaster caused by Japan's culture of "reflexive obedience" and not just the tsunami that hit the plant, a damning parliamentary report said Thursday. Ingrained collusion between plant operator ...

Japan Panel Blames Nuclear Crisis on Regulator, Industry Tie

Wall Street Journal -
By MITSURU OBE And PHRED DVORAK TOKYO—Japan's devastating nuclear accident was caused by negligence on the part of government, regulators and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., a parliamentary panel investigating the accident concluded, ...

Japan's nuclear disaster caused by 'collusion': Report

The Express Tribune -
By Reuters Regulators, it said, had been reluctant to adopt global safety standards that could have helped prevent the disaster. PHOTO: AFP/FILE TOKYO: Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis was a preventable disaster resulting from “collusion” among the ...

Nuclear meltdown not a natural disaster

Sydney Morning Herald -
THE Fukushima nuclear disaster was the result of a mix of ''man-made'' factors including regulators who failed to provide adequate prevention and a government lacking commitment to protect the public, a report from an independent parliamentary ...

Fukushima was 'man-made' disaster: Japanese probe

IBNLive.com -
PTI | 07:07 PM,Jul 05,2012 Tokyo, Jul 5 (AFP) Last year's Fukushima nuclear accident was a man-made disaster caused by Japan's culture of "reflexive obedience" and not just the tsunami that hit the plant, a damning parliamentary report said today.

Fukushima nuclear accident a 'man-made' disaster: probe

IBNLive.com -
PTI | 07:07 PM,Jul 05,2012 Tokyo, July 5 (AFP) The nuclear accident at Fukushima last year was a "man-made disaster" and not only due to the tsunami, a Japanese parliamentary panel said today in its final report on the catastrophe.

Japanese cultural traits 'at heart of Fukushima disaster'

The Guardian -
Misplaced deference and other "ingrained conventions" of Japanese culture were at the heart of last year's meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, according to the chairman of an independent panel whose scathing report, released on Thursday, ...

Video: Nuclear power returns to Japan's electricity grid

Globe and Mail -
AP Video Nuclear power returned to Japan's electricity grid on the same day that a parliamentary panel issued a report calling last year's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant meltdowns a 'man-made disaster.' Subscribe now and get The Globe and Mail the way you ...

Japan's atomic disaster caused by "collusion" - panel report

* Fukushima preventable "man-made" disaster-panel * Panel says quake damage cannot be ruled out as a cause * Plant operator, regulators, prime minister all to blame * Oldest plants may also be at risk from big quake (Adds information on risk from ...

Japan`s Fukushima N-crisis was 'man-made disaster'

Zee News -
Tokyo: A Japanese parliamentary panel on Thursday released its report, concluding that the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant was "a profoundly man-made disaster”. According to the report, the disaster "could and should have been foreseen and ...

Japan's atomic disaster caused by 'collusion': Panel report

TODAYonline -
TOKYO - Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis was a preventable disaster resulting from "collusion" among the government, regulators and the plant operator, an expert panel said today, wrapping up an inquiry into the worst nuclear accident in 25 years.

Japan Investigation Finds Fukushima Nuclear Disaster 'Man-Made'

ABC News (blog) -
The Fukushima nuclear disaster was a “man-made” accident caused by a utility and government regulators who put self-interest before the interest of the public, an independent parliamentary commission reported today after a six-month investigation into ...

New report blasts Japan's preparation for and response to Fukushima disaster

Washington Post -
TOKYO — Last year's nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant was a “profoundly man-made disaster,” the result of poor earthquake-safety planning and faulty post-tsunami communication, a report from an independent parliamentary panel said Thursday.

Panel slams response to 'man-made' Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan

Fox News -
TOKYO – Nuclear power returned to Japan's energy mix for the first time in two months Thursday, hours before a parliamentary investigative commission blamed the government's cozy relations with the industry for the meltdowns that prompted the mass ...

Fukushima was 'man-made disaster': Probe

News24 -
AP With 150 all-new and unique Su Doku, Kakuro, and Hanjie puzzles of increasing levels of difficulty,... Now R187.95 Tokyo - The nuclear accident at Fukushima last year was a "man-made disaster" and not only due to the tsunami, ...


Fukushima Disaster Was Man-Made, Investigation Finds
Businessweek
The Fukushima nuclear disaster was the result of “man-made” failures before and after last year's earthquake, according to a report from an independent parliamentary investigation.
New report blasts Japan's preparation for, response to Fukushima disaster
Washington Post
It argued that the nuclear power plants could and should have been made more quake-proof, and blamed lax safety measures on what it called the country's powerful and “collusive” decision makers and on a conformist culture that allowed them to operate ...
MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press
Houston Chronicle
TOKYO (AP) — Nuclear power returned to Japan's energy mix for the first time in two months Thursday, hours before a parliamentary panel blamed the government's cozy relations with the industry for the meltdowns that prompted the mass shutdown of the ...
Japanese Parliament Report: Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Was 'Man-Made'
KMGH Denver
The report by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission outlines errors and willful negligence at the plant before the earthquake and tsunami that devastated swaths of northeastern Japan on March 11 last year, and a flawed ...
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Report: Bad Procedures Caused The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
NPR (blog)
The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation says the plant couldn't stand up to the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. It was unprepared to face a major disaster - and government regulators and the Japanese government knew for ...
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Japan's atomic disaster caused by "collusion" : panel report
WHTC
By Risa Maeda and Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis was a preventable disaster resulting from. ... Japan is one of the world's most quake-prone countries. "We have proved that it cannot be said that there would have been no ...
Japan's Nuclear Disaster Was 'Man-Made,' Investigation Finds
WTMA
Contrary to TEPCO's own investigation, which cites the tsunami as the main cause of the nuclear accident, the parliamentary report says the quake might have significantly damaged equipment necessary to ensuring safety. TEPCO was quick to blame the ...
Nuclear returns to Japan power grid as parliament panel slams response to ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter
Nuclear power returned to Japan's electricity grid on the same day that a parliamentary panel issued a report calling last year's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant meltdowns a 'man-made disaster.' (July 5). Photos: Technicians monitor at central control room of ...
 

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