Panel says Fukushima accident was "man-made" disaster

Panel says Fukushima accident was "man-made" disaster

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 5, 2012, shows (from front) No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. A Japanese parliament-appointed panel investigating the Fukushima plant disaster released a report same day saying the calamity could have been prevented if regulators and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. had taken appropriate safety steps, calling it "clearly a man-made disaster."

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