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ABC News: ‘Never-Ending Disaster at Fukushima’ — ‘Japan is stumbling helplessly from one crisis to the next’ http://enenews.com/abc-news-a-never-ending-disaster-at-fukushima-japan-is-stumbling-helplessly-from-one-crisis-to-the-next-as-it-battles-the-ongoing-disaster

Title: Japan’s Nuclear Migraine: A Never-Ending Disaster at Fukushima

Source: ABC News (Spiegel)

Author: Von Marco Evers

Date: Sept. 14, 2013 Japan’s Nuclear Migraine: A Never-Ending Disaster at Fukushima

Japan is stumbling helplessly from one crisis to the next as it battles the ongoing disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

[...] In the eyes of industry experts and the Japanese public alike, the company has proved one thing unequivocally — that it is in far over its head in trying to handle the aftermath of the disaster. [...]

Malfunctions, bungling and cluelessness seem to be ongoing themes at Fukushima. [...]

“The day-to-day catastrophes are so serious that TEPCO never gets a chance to turn its attention to its actual plan,” says Michael Maqua at the Society for Plant and Reactor Safety (GRS), in Cologne, Germany. He too is appalled by TEPCO’s handling of the situation. [...]

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