Poor management behind Mihama nuke reactor accident: report

Poor management behind Mihama nuke reactor accident: report

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (L) receives from Yasuhide Asada, chairman of an investigation panel of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, a final report on investigation into a steam leakage accident at a Kansai Electric Power Co. nuclear reactor in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, in August 2004.

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