Mail and Guardian on the 13 March 2015
The Japanese panel that investigated the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant, which followed an earthquake and tsunami on March 11 2011, found that it was a “profoundly man-made disaster that could and should have been foreseen and prevented”. Specifically, the report found that the “accident was the result of collusion between the government, the regulators and [private plant operator] Tepco”, who “manipulated its cosy relationship with regulators to take the teeth out of regulations”.
