Japan's nuclear meltdown could have been prevented

Japan's nuclear meltdown could have been prevented
Washington Post
AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE and tsunami set off the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in March 2011, the business of splitting atoms and capturing the energy for civilian purposes was cast under a dark shadow. The question was raised whether ...

Tokyo and Washington on Fukushima

New York Times (blog) -

By MATTHEW L. WALD ReutersThe crippled No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan. The plant's 2011 disaster was a preventable one resulting from collusion between the government, regulators and industry, a Japanese commission reported on ...

Viewpoint: Can Japan learn lessons from the Fukushima disaster?

BBC News - ‎

By Malcolm Grimston Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Imperial college The report by the Japanese parliament into Fukushima is a refreshingly damning indictment of the relationship between the prime minister, politicians, regulators and the Tokyo ...

Will India learn from Fukushima and make its nuclear plants safe?

Times of India - ‎

NEW DELHI: The searing indictment by an independent commission set up by the Japanese parliament (the Diet) of the government and the private utility operator for being responsible for the Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11 last year is being seen ...

Japan leaders, utility slammed for 'man-made' nuclear disaster

Boston Herald - ‎

By Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — An independent parliamentary commission accused the Japanese government and the nation's leading utility of "collusion" in avoiding vital nuclear safety improvements that would have prevented the ...

Probe says Fukushima nuke disaster was 'man-made'

MarketWatch -

BOSTON -- A Japanese government probe has concluded that last year's Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster was caused by collusion between the plant's operator and government regulators which resulted in critical safety lapses, CNN reported Thursday.

Fukushima Disaster Was Man-Made, Probe 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.

FINAL REPORT (2) : Concern for people's lives was not a priority

Asahi Shimbun - ‎

Concern for people's lives seemed to be the last thing on the minds of officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co. or the central government as they scrambled to contain the nuclear disaster in Fukushima Prefecture last year.