Panel blasts Kan's response to disaster
An independent panel investigating last March's nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant has criticized former Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan over his response to the disaster.

Panel head Koichi Kitazawa told reporters at the Japan National Press Club on Tuesday that Kan interfered excessively in workers' efforts to bring the plant under control. Kitazawa said such interference included having a say in the size of batteries to be used.

Kitazawa added that Kan failed to disclose information appropriately, leading to widespread public mistrust of the government.
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