News Summary: Japan panel scolds nuke operators

Published July 23, 2012 7:22pm ET



NOT A GLOWING REPORT: Investigators say the operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is still trying to understate the true damage at the complex 16 months after a tsunami hit.

AT THE CORE: Investigators said the utility has yet to address problems within its own culture that contributed to its failings in the crisis, including employees “not fully trained to think for themselves.”

FALLOUT: The three reactors melted down after the March 11, 2011, tsunami knocked out the plant’s cooling system. The nuclear disaster displaced tens of thousands of people and will take decades to clean up.