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Government panel blasts lack of 'safety culture' in nuclear accident

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

2012/07/24

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photoPrime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, left, accompanied by Yotaro Hatamura, chief of the government investigation committee on the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, speaks after receiving the final report of the committee on July 23. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)photoThe Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on March 24, 2011 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

The government panel looking into last year's accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant pointed to a lack of a "safety culture" at both Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the central government.

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