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No charges for TEPCO in Fukushima meltdown disaster
Japanese prosecutors have decided not to indict former officials of Tokyo Electric Power, the operator of the tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant at Fukushima, over their roles in the accident there in March 2011, Japan’s public broadcaster reported Monday. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/world/asia/japan-no-indictments-over-fukushima-accident.html?ref=world Naoto Kan, who was prime minister at the time of the accident, will also not be […]
Even more bad news from Fukushima
The operator of Japan’s tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant said Tuesday that about 300 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks there — its worst leak yet from such a vessel. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/08/20/world/asia/ap-as-japan-nuclear.html?hp&_r=0 Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the contaminated water leaked from a steel storage tank at the […]