Operators of nuclear power plants across Japan are dawdling in efforts to make their facilities safer, despite government calls nearly a year ago to immediately start work on emergency protective measures.
Nuke plant operators slow to implement tsunami safeguards
A coastal levee is under construction at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture on Feb. 21. (Eiji Hori)
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