The below report in the Guardian makes three general points regarding the Tokyo Electric's management operations at the Fukushima Daiichi reactor site:
1. Cost-cutting degraded safety procedures.
2. Collusion between industry and regulators.
3. Deferring decisions on how to permanently store nuclear waste.
Thank god these problems do not occur in Amerika (sic).
Chuck Spinney
Japan Nuclear Firm Admits Missing Safety Checks at Disaster-Hit Plant
Documents show operator failed to carry out mandatory checks at Fukushima Daiichi and allowed fuel rods to pile up
by Justin McCurry in Osaka, The Guardian/UK, March 22, 2011
Phi Beta Iota: Integrity, or the lack of integrity, is the defining factor in the rise or fall of complex civilizations. The harm coming from the lack of integrity by the members of the UN Security Council with respect to nuclear proliferation and safeguards for nuclear waste; the arms market (they are the largest traders), and the general disregard for poverty, infectious disease, and environmental degradation, makes it clear that “governance” today is totally corrupt. The good news is that informed hybrid networks can overcome Industrial Era irresponsibilities. Multinational information-sharing and multinational intelligence (decision-support) offers a non-violent way forward.