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Japan: Panel to say Fukushima crisis prevention measures inadequate

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A government panel investigating the Fukushima nuclear crisis will highlight in its report that measures could have been taken to prevent the tsunami from damaging the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, reports the Japan Times. It will also state that the evacuees received insufficient information and instructions to reduce their exposure to radioactive fallout.

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Hazards Tsunami NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
Themes Disaster risk management
Country and region Japan
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