Mai 2011 / The Japan Times

Tsunami threat assumptions little challenged ; criticism stifled

Realistic safety debate not nuke sector, regulator forte

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD

Nearly 10 years after Tokyo Electric Power Co. first assured the government the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was safe from any tsunami, regulators were just getting around to checking out the claim. The move was too little, too late.

But even if there had been scrutiny years before the fury of the earthquake-powered wave swamped the six atomic reactors at the power plant on March 11, it is almost (…)

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