New report criticizes TEPCO for Fukushima nuclear crisis July 23, 2012 -- Updated 0704 GMT (1504 HKT) A TEPCO worker explains the situation at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, February 28, 2012. The latest report comes from a government-formed panel of investigators It follows a scathing parliamentary report that described a "man-made disaster" The report Monday criticizes the plant operator's lack of preparedness Tokyo (CNN) -- A Japanese government report Monday heaped fresh criticism on the operator of the nuclear power plant where a disastrous accident was set off last year by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the country. The measures taken by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the plant operator, and the Japanese nuclear regulator to prepare for disasters were "insufficient," the report said, and the response to the crisis was "inadequate." Even now, more than one year after the disaster, TEPCO doesn't seem to be making much effort to clearly investigate the causes of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the report's authors said. The report by a government-formed panel of investigators was the fourth and final one on the nuclear disaster. It comes at a time of growing anti-nuclear protests in Japan. It follows a damning parliamentary report earlier this month that said the crisis was a "man-made disaster" resulting from collusion between TEPCO, regulators and the government. That report said the disaster should have been predicted and prepared for. A February report by independent scholars and journalists also concluded the plant operator could and should have done more. Only TEPCO's own internal report in May said no one could have predicted the scale of the earthquake or the devastating tsunami that followed. However, it did admit it was not fully prepared and acknowledged criticism it took too long to disclose information.