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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material</description><title>GDACS EMM News Feed</title><item><title>Nuclear plant 'downplayed tsunami risk'</title><link>http://www.news.com.au/business/japans-tokyo-electric-power-co-nuclear-plant-downplayed-tsunami-risk/story-e6frfm1i-1226029151443?from=public_rss</link><description>JAPAN'S TEPCO nuclear power plant dismissed 3000 years of geological history in planning its defence against a killer tsunami.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:57:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://www.news.com.au/">news_com_au</source><iso:language>en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">news_com_au-60e57bd6e04e12770263c91c7f0c7ae1</guid><category>Nuclear</category><category>JRCNuclearSecurity</category><category>NuclearEnergy</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Japanese nuke plant downplayed tsunami risk</title><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42295720/ns/world_news-asiapacific/</link><description>In planning their defense against a tsunami, the people running Japan's now-hobbled nuclear power plant dismissed important scientific evidence and all but disregarded 3,000 years of geological history.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:04:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/">msnbc</source><iso:language>en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">msnbc-f28a164711894c2f34c9105ea7f28f2d</guid><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>Nuclear</category><category>JRCNuclearSecurity</category><category>NuclearEnergy</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>AP IMPACT: Nuclear plant downplayed tsunami risk</title><link>http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14329896/ap-impact-nuclear-plant-downplayed-tsunami-risk</link><description>In planning their defense against a killer tsunami, the people running Japan's now-hobbled nuclear power plant dismissed important scientific evidence and all but disregarded 3,000 years of geological history, an...</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:44:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://www.newschannel5.com/">newschannel5</source><iso:language>en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">newschannel5-faee5ffb21ef1e72d5f6eb4d09f15ebb</guid><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>Nuclear</category><category>JRCNuclearSecurity</category><category>NuclearEnergy</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>AP IMPACT: Nuclear plant downplayed tsunami risk</title><link>http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2011-03-27-AS-Japan-Quake-Tsunami-Risk/id-bfe76b9bbbcc47f7b3f54446f29eada7</link><description>TOKYO (AP) — In planning their defense against a killer tsunami, the people running Japan's now-hobbled nuclear power plant dismissed important scientific evidence and all but disregarded 3,000 years of geological history, an Associated Press investigation shows. 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Police said Tuesday that a big share of the deaths were in Miyagi prefecture, where 1,254 people are confirmed dead. 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Hundreds of dead have washed ashore on Japan's devastated northeast coast since last week's earthquake and tsunami. Others were dug out of the debris Monday by firefighters using pickaxes and chain saws. 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