Abundant flammable material inside cells — including blankets and nylon curtains — and the absence of an emergency plan aggravated the disaster, the report said.
And so late last month, the king announced that the government should prevent deforestation, which is believed to have aggravated the disaster, and punish any "greedy civil servants" who get in the way.
With criticism growing that a delay in the seawater injection may have caused a meltdown in the reactor and aggravated the disaster, analysts have said Tepco should have continued pumping the water into the reactor vessel to cool it down.
Over the long term, disasters aggravate inequality, hurting already vulnerable people the most.
Mark Breddy, a spokesman for Greenpeace European Unit, the environmental advocacy organization, said: "Cozy relationships between nuclear operators, regulators and politicians were pivotal to aggravating the Fukushima disaster.
The situation was aggravated by natural disasters and the government's counterproductive agricultural and commercial policies, which ultimately fueled a general economic collapse.
In such a context, disasters aggravate a country's numerous existing social vulnerabilities.
For many women in the world domestic violence and abuse are regular events, but crises and disasters greatly aggravate these situations.
We believe that such centralised management is necessary and may prevent patients' disease status from aggravating after a major disaster.
"As the magnitude and impact of crises and disasters increase – aggravated by the overexploitation of natural resources and climate change – more and more households, communities and governments in the region are less able to absorb, recover and adapt, making them increasingly vulnerable to future shocks," the report said.
