THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Officials 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.