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TEPCO misled Diet panel, averted quake-damage inspection at Fukushima plant

BY HIDEAKI KIMURA STAFF WRITER

photo：Natural light comes in on the fourth floor of the No. 1 reactor building. The image was taken after a cover was installed over the building. (Tokyo Electric Power Co.) Natural light comes in on the fourth floor of the No. 1 reactor building. The image was taken after a cover was installed over the building. (Tokyo Electric Power Co.)

photo：A cover over the No. 1 reactor building transmits 10-16 percent of natural light. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) A cover over the No. 1 reactor building transmits 10-16 percent of natural light. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

Tokyo Electric Power Co. misled a Diet investigation panel and cited "dreadfully high" radiation levels to effectively block an inspection for possible quake damage at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

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