TEPCO head apologizes for ban of term "meltdown" in Fukushima crisis

TEPCO head apologizes for ban of term "meltdown" in Fukushima crisis

Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (L) and Managing Executive Officer Takafumi Anegawa bow in apology during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on June 21, 2016. Hirose apologized over his predecessor's instruction not to use the term "core meltdown" in describing the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in the early days of the 2011 crisis, calling the instruction a "coverup." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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