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Red-faced nuclear watchdog admits errors on radiation forecast maps

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

2012/10/31

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photoOfficials of the Nuclear Regulation Authority secretariat apologize during a news conference on Oct. 29 in Tokyo's Minato Ward for errors in their radiation forecast maps, released on Oct. 24. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)

After only a month on the job, the Nuclear Regulation Authority has been forced to apologize after a utility spotted errors in its forecast maps showing the likely spread of radioactive substances from a serious accident at each of the nation's 16 nuclear power plants.

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