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Press Release (Mar 10, 2016)Establishment of “Third-Party Verification Committee for Notification and Reporting on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident”

Tokyo Electric Power Company set up a“Third-Party Verification Committee for Notification and Reporting on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident” (hereinafter referred to as the“Third-Party Committee”) today. TEPCO would like to announce that two of the members were selected as chairman and committee member for the Third-Party Committee.

At a meeting of the Third-Party Committee, a survey for TEPCO employees who were involved and checking of documents will be conducted. As well, verification will be carried out for the following:
-Background and causes for failing to determine and disclose a meltdown according to TEPCO’s internal manual at the time of the accident
-Content of notification and reporting at the time of the accident
-Background and causes for misinformation about what happened at the time of the accident to the Niigata Prefecture Technical Committee
-Other items considered necessary by the Third-Party Committee

TEPCO will fully cooperate with the Third-Party Committee’s verification and will disclose the results soon after receiving the report from the Third-Party Committee.
The Third-Party Committee is made up of the following members:

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