Government panel blasts safety culture and government response in latest Fukushima disaster report

by Lucas W Hixson

In its fourth and final report, a 12 member government panel investigating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster raised even more doubts about the preparedness of Japan’s nuclear reactors for severe accidents despite the recent restart of the Ohi reactors.
 ”TEPCO and the government had been bound by the myth that severe accidents would never occur at nuclear power plants and they had not considered accident risks as real. It was the fundamental problem,” the panel said in a final report.

The panel is urging the government to continue its probe. It says the cause of the accident has not been fully disclosed, and states the need for further study on the total amount of damage caused by the disaster.
Source: JiJi Press
Source: The Japan Times
Source: NHK
Source: Japan Today
Source: NHK
Source: JiJi Press
Source: NHK
Source: JiJi Press