(Reuters) - Japan's nuclear industry -- which supplies about one-third
of the country's electricity needs and is central to its
efforts to battle global warming -- has been tarnished by
cover-ups of accidents and fudged safety records.
The Japanese government had first told the U.N. nuclear
watchdog that it did not need help for now, but it then came
under pressure from local authorities to allow international
inspectors into the quake-hit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant.
Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News
of the country's electricity needs and is central to its
efforts to battle global warming -- has been tarnished by
cover-ups of accidents and fudged safety records.
The Japanese government had first told the U.N. nuclear
watchdog that it did not need help for now, but it then came
under pressure from local authorities to allow international
inspectors into the quake-hit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant.
Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News
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