TEPCO to Release Nuke Crisis Calls, But Secrets Remain

July 16, 2012 from ABC News (Australia)

Japan's beleaguered energy company TEPCO has buckled to pressure and announced it will release "teleconference videos" of the secret crisis calls that took place during the most crucial days of the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown. However, key audio from then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan remains missing. Many people, including Kan, believe TEPCO is still trying to conceal information.

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Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)

Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, also known as Toden or TEPCO, is a Japanese electric utilities servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture. This area includes Tokyo. Its headquarters are located in Uchisaiwai... Explore this topic

Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster

福島第一原子力発電所事故（ふくしまだいいちげんしりょくはつでんしょじこ）は、2011年3月11日の東北地方太平洋沖地震による地震動と津波の影響により東京電力の福島第一原子力発電所で発生した炉心溶融など一連の放射性物質の放出を伴った原子力事故。 Explore this topic

Naoto Kan

Naoto Kan is a Japanese politician, and former Prime Minister of Japan. In June 2010, then-Finance Minister Kan was elected as the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan and designated Prime Minister by the Diet to succeed Yukio Hatoyama. Kan was the first Prime Minister of J... Explore this topic

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up... Explore this topic

Teleconference

A teleconference or teleseminar is the live exchange and mass articulation of information among several persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system. Terms such as audio conferencing, telephone conferencing and phone conferencing are a... Explore this topic

Japanese nuclear safety

Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission is a commission established within the Cabinet of Japan as an independent agency to play the main role in nuclear safety administration. Commissioners are appointed by the Prime Minister of Japan on Diet approval. The commission has stronger a... Explore this topic

Japanese management culture

The culture of Japanese management that is often portrayed in Western media is generally limited to Japan's large corporations. These flagships of the Japanese economy provide their workers with excellent salaries, secure employment, and working conditions. These companies and... Explore this topic

Prime Minister of Japan

The Prime Minister of Japan is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office. He is the head of the Cabinet an... Explore this topic

Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provided about 5.7% of the world's energy and 13% of the world's electricity, in 2012. In 2013, the IAEA report that there are 437 operational nuclear power reactors, i... Explore this topic

Nuclear meltdown

Nuclear meltdown is an informal term for a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating. The term is not officially defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency or by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. However, it has been defined to m... Explore this topic

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