Agency sought to manipulate symposiums on nuclear power

Agency sought to manipulate symposiums on nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Terasaka, head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 29, 2011. Chubu Electric Power Co. said the Japanese government's nuclear safety agency asked the utility to have local residents pitch questions favoring the firm's pluthermal nuclear power generation project at a symposium in 2007. Other utilities also said similar attempts were made by the agency when public meetings on nuclear power generation were held. (Kyodo)

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