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Daily News Digest December 28, 2012
Mendacity* of Nuclear Power Corporations:
Tokyo Electric sued by U.S. sailors exposed to radiation
Bloomberg in Nuclear
Workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the
crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 12,
2011. Media allowed into Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant for the first time
Saturday saw a striking scene of devastation: twisted and overturned vehicles, crumbling
reactor buildings and piles of rubble virtually untouched since the wave struck more than
eight months ago. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool)
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501), owner of the power plant which
had the world’s biggest nuclear disaster since 1986, was sued by eight
U.S. sailors claiming they were exposed to radiation and the utility lied
about the dangers.
The sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier were involved in disaster relief operations following the March 11,
2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan that caused the
meltdown, according to the complaint filed in U.S. federal court in San
Diego on Dec. 21.
Tepco, as the Japanese utility is known, and the Japanese government
conspired to create the false impression radiation leaking from the
Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant didn’t pose a threat to the sailors, according to
the complaint. As a result the plaintiffs rushed into areas that were unsafe