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In Fukushima Nuclear Plant Crisis, Crippling Mistrust
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The story of how prime minister Naoto Kan's distrust of TEPCO, the electric power company operating the nuclear power plant at Fukushima, and of the bureaucrats in the government, played out in the first days of the nuclear crisis in 2011. Kan bypassed the crisis management system set up for just such a situation because of a deep mistrust of the collusion between industry and bureaucrats. Instead he relied on a close group of advisors, who felt that the company was not sharing all the information but could do little about it. This led to lack of direction in the crisis from the highest levels of government, including a lack of response to U.S. offers of support and assistance with nuclear experts and technology.
The Response of TEPCO and the Japanese government to the nuclear disaster
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The use of low-tech measures such as flooding with seawater, fire trucks with hoses, helicopters with water, a huge extension cord to restart cooling systems, give the appearance of a a desperate effort to prevent the reactor meltdown. The public's lack of confidence in Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) which owns the nuclear reactors.
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