TEPCO unveils nuclear division reform report

TOKYO, Japan - Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein (C), sitting next to former British Atomic Energy Authority Chairwoman Barbara Judge (L), speaks at a meeting of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s supervisory panel consisting of domestic and overseas experts, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on March 29, 2013. A plan to reform the utility's nuclear division, compiled with the involvement of the panel, was announced on March 29.

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