Man-made Disaster and Global Nuclear Energy Development

Five Major Lessons from Gov't Committee* and the Diet Commission** on the Accident • Man-made Disaster: "It was preventable" • Emergency Response: "Unprepared" Protecting Public Health: "Communication Failure" Regulatory Framework: "Captured by the Utility Industry" • International dimension: Importance of information disclosure and sharing * Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations, Final Report Recommendations, July 2012. http://icanps.go.jp/eng/Saishyu Recommendation.pdf ** The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC), Final Report, July 2012. http://naiic.go.jp/en/ 3

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