MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Japan: Fukushima nuclear plant operator criticised
By cmaukonen on Sat, 03/26/2011 - 7:53pm |The operator of a stricken Japanese nuclear plant has been berated by officials for a lack of transparency and failures to protect workers.
The government said Tokyo Electric Power Co had to provide information more promptly.
The nation's nuclear agency said the operator of the Fukushima plant had made a number of mistakes, including worker clothing.
The plant was damaged in the deadly 11 March earthquake and tsunami.
The death toll has now passed 10,000, and more than 17,440 people are missing.
The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has now sent extra teams to the Japanese nuclear plant.
IAEA director Yukiya Amano told the New York Times that the nuclear emergency could last weeks, if not months.
[Another case of corporations covering their ass while letting everyone else's hang out to dry.]
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12872707
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