Fukushima Report Blasts TEPCO's On-Going Failures
<div class='node-body'><p>The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant is still stumbling in its handling of the disaster 16 months later, by dragging its feet in investigations and trying to understate the true damage at the complex, investigators said Monday.</p>
<p>The Japanese government-appointed inquiry into the 3 Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdowns has raised doubts about whether other atomic plants are prepared for disasters despite new safety rules, and delivered a damning assessment of the regulators and the station's operator.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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