Japan reveals missteps by reactor's operator

SENDAI, Japan (AP)

Japan's government revealed a series of missteps by the operator of a radiation-leaking nuclear plant today, including sending workers in without protective footwear in its faltering efforts to control a monumental crisis.

The U.S. Navy, meanwhile, rushed to deliver fresh water to replace corrosive salt water now being used in a desperate bid to cool the plant's overheated reactors.

Government spokesman Yukio Edano urged Tokyo Electric Power Co. to be more transparent, two days after two workers at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi plant suffered skin burns when they stepped in water that was 10,000 times more radioactive than levels normally found near the reactors.