TEPCO head banned use of "meltdown" in describing Fukushima crisis

TEPCO head banned use of "meltdown" in describing Fukushima crisis

Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 16, 2016, after a report revealed earlier in the day that then-TEPCO President Masataka Shimizu instructed staff 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. Hirose said in a statement, "We accept the content fully and solemnly." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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