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I also cut TEPCO some slack because of that. The earthquake and tsunami were well above what reasonably might have been expected.

However, TEPCO does have a long record of covering up "incidents" in the nuclear facilities they run and the Japanese media does not aggressively challenge corporations when they do such misdeeds. I also don't have the references for these statements. I suppose I ought to do some more homework, or maybe someone else will track down some relevant articles. I'm probably thinking of a book published by Green Peace some 15 years ago which provided an international overview of what was happening.

Was it also TEPCO who was mismanaging the fast breeder sodium cooled plant in Japan about ten years ago which almost went critical? I remember reading about a group of workers who were sent in with garbage cans to clean up the mess... Maybe it all was a bad dream but just for fun, Q, you might do a Google search and correct my ancient memory.

Charley Noble