Japan court: TEPCO execs not guilty of nuke crisis liability

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Japanese court to decide whether three former Tokyo Electric Power executives are criminally responsible for the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns, the only criminal trial in the nuclear disaster spawned by an earthquake and tsunami, mariyamaguchi reports.

FILE - In this March 16, 2011, file photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. via Kyodo News, smoke billows from wrecked unit 3 at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. A Japanese court will decide Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, whether three former executives for Tokyo Electric Power Co.

TOKYO — A Japanese court says three former executives for Tokyo Electric Power Co. are not guilty of professional negligence in the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns.

 

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mariyamaguchi They keep passing the buck but no one ever picks it up. That’s the way Japan does EVERYTHING. 😤

mariyamaguchi Goal: get their money.

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mariyamaguchi The OfficialTEPCO should partner with Bill Gates and TerraPower terrapower

mariyamaguchi Um for an earthquake and tsunami? The plant survived a 9.0 earthquake. If the seawall had been a few feet higher you wouldn’t even know the word Fukushima. .

mariyamaguchi Already decided, come on!

mariyamaguchi For a giant earthquake and typhoon?

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