New Study Says Japan ''Lucky'' to Avoid Wider Disaster | East Asia and Pacific | English

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March 01, 2012 The authors of the most comprehensive independent report on Japan''s nuclear reactor meltdowns last year say the country was “very lucky” to have avoided a “worst-case scenario” that would have prompted the evacuation of Tokyo. But they warn that dangers remain because of the way Japan''s nuclear industry is managed and regulated and how plants in the country were built.
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New Study Says Japan ''Lucky'' to Avoid Wider Disaster | East Asia and Pacific | English
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March 01, 2012 The authors of the most comprehensive independent report on Japan''s nuclear reactor meltdowns last year say the country was “very lucky” to have avoided a “worst-case scenario” that would have prompted the evacuation of Tokyo. But they warn that dangers remain because of the way Japan''s nuclear industry is managed and regulated and how plants in the country were built.
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