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INSIDE FUKUSHIMA (Part1): Confusion reigns as situation rapidly deteriorates
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
2012/10/16
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The emergency response room of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The display panel used for teleconferences is mounted on the far left of the wall. (Provided by TEPCO)
Recorded exchanges between staff at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co. headquarters offer stark vignettes of repeated human error and a grimly farcical hunt for supplies such as car batteries, as Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident disintegrated into a veritable man-made disaster.
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