Shock in Japan, "human error" behind Fukushima disaster

The Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in and 'be attributed to human error prevention and not only was the tragic consequence of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March 2011. This was established by a parliamentary inquiry and on what 'is considered the most' serious accident in the history of nuclear power for civilian purposes after Chernobyl. "It 's clear that this accident' was caused by man. Governments, the authorities 'control and TEPCO have lacked a sense of responsibility' to prevent 'and what' success and therefore in" protecting the lives of people and society ', "it said in the conclusions of the investigation. Subject to the parliamentary committee on March 11, "the Fukushima nuclear power plant was vulnerable conditions that did not guarantee to respond to the earthquake and tsunami.  Although a number of opportunity 'to take measures, the authorities' regulatory and TEPCO have deliberately postponed the decision, did not take action to protect. "  What happened "could not 'be called a natural disaster," said the report drawn up after six months of investigation entrusted to a committee of independent experts set up by Parliament Japanese, who interviewed 1,167 in some way related to the facts, including the then Prime Minister Naoto Kan. The Public Authority Control and Tepco, the companies 'ownership of the plant, "from 2006 were aware of the risk of a complete blackout Kukushima in case of tsunami and the possibility' of damage to the reactors," experts say. The TEPCO "has not taken the necessary steps before the Authority on 11 March and" let go ", says the Commission, accusing the company 'to" do their own interests without regard to public safety. "The Tepco also "quickly ruled out" the possibility 'that an earthquake damaged the reactors. experts, among whom was the Nobel prize for chemistry in 2002, Koichi Tanaka, also referred to problems of organization and training within the TEPCO, workers forced to "work the dark, lit only by lanterns", "distrust of the government against the TEPCO" and "slow response", while recognizing factors that have prevented the consequences were more 'serious, including rapidity' of firms subcontractors who cleaned out the debris in reactors 2 and 3. But, once took place on total black out, it was "impossible to change the course of events," says the report. The Commission has called for government intervention to manage the crisis "slow "and unclear communications to the authorities 'local, which has led to" confusion "on the orders evacuation of 80 thousand people. also blamed the" lack of information on controlling the levels of radioactivity'. There are residents who evacuated "still fighting" against the effects of the incident: contamination, separation from families, lack of means of livelihood. " In this scenario, the government 'and not' fully committed 'to protect public health. The Commission calls for "radical reforms of the nuclear agency, the law on nuclear energy."  The circulation of the report comes at a time when Japan has put into operation the goal 'of its nuclear reactors. The last two have been reactivated in the central Oi (west) and just today, and 'was reconnected to the turbine of one of the two to resume production of electricity.' More 'half' of the Japanese and 'pronounced against the reopening of nuclear power plants.