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Japanese Court Finds Government & TEPCO Liable For Fukushima Disaster

Japanese Court Finds Government & TEPCO Liable For Fukushima Disaster

A Japanese court has ruled that the Governments negligence contributed to the triple meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011 and has awarded damages to evacuees. The court ruling on Friday said that the disaster could have been averted if  the government had used its regulatory powers to force the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), who were also held liable, to take adequate preventive measures.

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