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Japan to fire top nuclear officials in wake of disaster

Reuters
August 4, 2011

Japan will replace three senior bureaucrats in charge of nuclear power policy, the minister overseeing energy policy said on Thursday, five months after the world’s worst atomic crisis in 25 years erupted at Fukushima.

The move comes as Prime Minister Naoto Kan calls for enhanced nuclear safety accountability and an overhaul of Japan’s energy policy, with the aim of gradually weaning it off its dependence on nuclear power as public safety concerns mount.

It also follows a series of scandals in which government officials in charge of safeguarding the operations of nuclear power plants tried to influence public opinion on atomic energy.

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3 Responses to “Japan to fire top nuclear officials in wake of disaster”

  1. They don’t appear to have been in much of a hurry. The disaster was in March and by the thirty day mark, it was obvious people had not done their jobs. Good Grief! James Pilant

    Posted by southwerk | August 6, 2011, 4:49 am

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