Despite warnings about its safety , Japanese regulators from the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency ( NISA ) approved a 10-year extension for the oldest of the six reactors at Fukushima Daiichi just one month before a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami damaged reactors and caused a meltdown . The conclusion to the Diet of Japan 's report on Fukushima attributed this directly to regulatory capture
earthquake and subsequent tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Regulatory capture