*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Monday, June 20, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Tepco airs out humid reactor No. 2 building Tepco airs out the No. 2 reactor building at its radiation-spewing Fukushima power plant to reduce the humidity enough for repair crews to work inside. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110620a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Tepco report reveals lack of preparedness A 41-page timeline of Tokyo Electric's initial actions in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear crisis reveals a lack of preparedness and severe difficulty coping with the debacle. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110620a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Tepco plays down decontamination failure Tokyo Electric plays down concern that a solution to its nuclear plant crisis faces delays after finding more radiation than expected must be removed from millions of liters of water. 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