Hacking / it-sikkerhed er ikke nødvendigvis det primære problem:
July 22, 2012, TEPCO subcontractor used lead to fake dosimeter readings at Fukushima plant, backup: Citat: "... Workers at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were ordered to cover their dosimeters with lead plates to keep radiation doses low enough to continue working under dangerous conditions, the Asahi Shimbun has learned. ..."
30. mar 2011, ing.dk: Tepco har ført hele Japan bag lyset:
20. marts 2011, Var det derfor, det gik galt? Japansk a-kraftværk svindlede med kontrol backup (og http://jp.dk/udland/asien/article2375214.ece backup ): CItat: "... Blot 10 dage før, at jord[s]kælvet ramte Japan, havde værkets egen operatør, Tepco, indleveret en rapport til landets atomsikkerhedsmyndigheder. Heri indrømmede Tepco, at man i årevis har undladt at inspicere 33 bestanddele ved værkets seks reaktorer. ... For at skjule de mangelfulde undersøgelser udarbejdede værkets inspektører falske rapporter, der skulle tegne et billede af grundige eftersyn - selv om det altså langtfra var tilfældet. ..."
7 July 2012, BBC News: How Tepco glossed over Fukushima's vulnerability, backup: Citat: "... In the investigation's view, all this adds up a damning conclusion: that blaming the wave - not the earthquake - was "an attempt to avoid responsibility" ... Although high radiation levels were found up to 30km from the plant, the authorities failed to tell people there and only moved them a full month later ... He said: "On the news it was reported that the plant workers who were dealing with the accident were prepared to die, but I was watching the news, thinking that there is no way we were ready to die." ..."
cnic.jp: TEPCO's Damage Cover-up and Data Falsification, backup.
29. okt. 2013, politiken: Ny japansk lov kan skjule atomkraft-ulykker i Fukushima. Kritikere frygter, at den japanske regering vil bruge ny lov til at skjule problemer på atomkraftværket i Fukushima, backup: Citat: "... »Som tingene står, får staten mere eller mindre frie hænder til at beslutte, hvad der udgør en statshemmelighed, og de kan potentielt holde information hemmeligt for evigt«, fortalte professoren. ... »Vi tror ikke, at den japanske regering eller Tepco kan løse problemerne i Fukushima. De fortæller løgne og undervurderer problemerne«, siger Kaori Echigo. ..."