{"id":12978,"date":"2015-10-03T09:43:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T14:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12978"},"modified":"2015-10-03T09:43:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T14:43:16","slug":"fukushima-police-sends-nuclear-contamination-case-against-tepco-execs-to-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12978","title":{"rendered":"Fukushima police sends nuclear contamination case against TEPCO execs to prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fukushima police sends nuclear contamination case against TEPCO execs to prosecutors<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Water tanks storing radiation contaminated water are seen at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture. \u00a9 Shizuo Kambayashi \/ Reuters<\/div>\n
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Fukushima police have finally reacted to a criminal complaint filed against TEPCO and 32 of its top officials two years ago over the contamination caused by the 2011 nuclear disaster. They have referred the case to prosecutors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Fukushima District Prosecutors\u2019 Office will now determine whether to pursue criminal charges against the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and its top management over the leaks of highly radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.<\/div>\n
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The criminal complaint alleges that the company and its executives failed to manage storage tanks of contaminated water or build underground walls to block the flow of radioactive material into the sea at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Notable people on the list include TEPCO\u2019s President Naomi Hirose, former Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and former President Masataka Shimizu.<\/p>\n

Police have reviewed claims filed by local residents after 300 tons of highly radioactive water had leaked from TEPCO tanks.<\/p>\n