Fukushima Disaster

Japan court finds govt responsible

London: A Japanese court has ruled for the first time that the government bears partial responsibility for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, reports BBC.
The court was responding to a case brought by a group of evacuees who had been forced to flee their homes.
It ruled that the disaster could have been averted if government regulators had ordered plant operator Tepco to take preventive safety measures.
The government and Tepco were both ordered to compensate the evacuees.Around 80,000 people were forced to flee their homes when three reactors failed at the plant after a tsunami that struck six
years ago.It was the world's most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986.The district court in Maebashi, north of Tokyo, ruled in favour of 137 evacuees seeking damages for the emotional distress of fleeing their homes.

 

 

Fukushima Disaster

Japan court finds govt responsible

London: A Japanese court has ruled for the first time that the government bears partial responsibility for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, reports BBC. The court was responding to a case brought by a group of evacuees who had been forced to flee their homes. It ruled that the disaster could have been averted if government regulators had ordered plant operator Tepco to take preventive safety measures. The government and Tepco were both ordered to compensate the evacuees.Around 80,000 people were forced to flee their homes when three reactors failed at the plant after a tsunami that struck six years ago.It was the worlds most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986.The district court in Maebashi, north of Tokyo, ruled in favour of 137 evacuees seeking damages for the emotional distress of fleeing their homes.