The head of Japan's latest investigation into the Fukushima nuclear disaster promised to dig deeper than previous inquiries into the events that unfolded after a earthquake and tsunami struck the country in March.
A government investigation concluded last month that the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant withstood the shaking of a magnitude-9 quake on March 11, before succumbing to the tsunami that followed, endorsing findings by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) Three reactors had meltdowns after cooling and backup power was knocked out at the plant in the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl in 1986.
The new panel appointed by Japan's parliament with subpoena powers may publicly question officials including former Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, its chairman, told reporters after the inquiry's first open meeting in Tokyo. Kurokawa, a professor emeritus at Tokyo University, said he will present his findings by June. (Bloomberg)
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