THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Yotaro Hatamura, right, chairman of the government investigation panel on the Fukushima nuclear disaster, submits a final report to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on July 23. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
A complete change in thinking about disaster prevention is needed among electric power companies, regulatory authorities and other experts to prevent a recurrence of the Fukushima nuclear accident, a government panel said.