REUTERS
The International Atomic Energy Agency has released a preliminary report of its review of Japan’s handling of its nuclear crisis, concluding that regulators and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) underestimated the risk a severe tsunami posed to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (via Ecocentric)
The UN agency also noted that the plant’s backup power systems were not robust enough to withstand a disaster of the scale of March 11, and suggested, more broadly, the regulatory structure of Japan’s nuclear industry lacked independence.