Japan and Tepco again ordered to pay damages to Fukushima nuclear disaster evacuees

February 20, 2019

Yokohama court orders government and TEPCO to pay $3.8m to 152 residents forced to flee homes after nuclear meltdown.

Presiding Judge Ken Nakadaira said the nuclear accident was preventable as the state could have foreseen as of September 2009, based on a projection by experts, that a massive tsunami similar to one that occurred in the ninth century could strike the area again and cause a complete power blackout at the plant.

He said it would have been “possible by the end of 2010” to implement steps such as installing emergency power generators that would have prevented damage to core reactors as well as hydrogen explosions that led to the release of massive amounts of radioactive materials outside the plant.

Nakadaira also criticized the state for its assessment before the disaster that Tepco’s anti-tsunami measures were adequate, saying it was a serious “mistake and failure.”

The ruling awarded compensation to 152 of the 175 plaintiffs, of whom 50 had evacuated voluntarily and 125 were forced to do so. They had each demanded ¥350,000 per month and compensation of ¥20 million for psychological damage due to “the loss of their hometown” in addition to compensation already paid by Tepco.

The ruling was the eighth among approximately 30 similar suits filed by more than 10,000 evacuees.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/20/national/crime-legal/japan-tepco-ordered-pay-damages-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-evacuees/?fbclid=IwAR1vdXnHJ2pzJKt8x0r8b7yYUKywHKuZQFG2aWUfGY1VC2EgOZd8g09olZQ#.XG1-xdF7nfA

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/japan-fukushima-operator-told-pay-2011-nuclear-disaster-190220043222469.html?fbclid=IwAR1l8JSKRPxmpuDbYQilY18uP5-x11eHibktV85sk_Ln0Sgh1_wXSz_fCb4

February 23, 2019 - Posted by dunrenard | fukushima 2019 | Court Decision, Fukushima Disaster, Government Negligence, Tepco Negligence

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