File footage of Fukushima Daiichi plant as Japan's top court says govt not responsible for nuclear damage

Record ID: 1677237

  • Title: File footage of Fukushima Daiichi plant as Japan's top court says govt not responsible for nuclear damage
  • Date: 17th June 2022
  • Summary: FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR PLANT, FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN (FILE - MARCH 1, 2021) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI REACTOR 3 BROKEN PILLAR OF REACTOR 3 EXTERIOR OF FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI REACTOR 1 DEBRIS OF REACTOR 1 VARIOUS OF WORKERS WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR WORKING IN FRONT OF THE REACTOR BUILDING SIGN READING (English): "58.2 uSV/h" TANKS HOLDING CONTAMINATED AND TR
  • Embargoed: 1st July 2022 08:14
  • Keywords: Fukushima Daiichi Japan contaminated water damage disaster earthquake lawsuit nuclear tanks tsunami water storage
  • Location: FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN
  • City: FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA004010601011970RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Japan's government is not liable for damages demanded by people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the country's top court said on Friday (June 17), according to Japanese media, the first such ruling in a series of similar cases.
    A massive tsunami set off by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011, struck Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco)'s Fukushima Daiichi power plant to cause the worst nuclear disaster since Chornobyl, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes.
    Plaintiffs had demanded damages from both Tepco and the country in several class-action lawsuits, and in March the Supreme Court upheld an order for Tepco to pay damages of 1.4 billion yen ($10.4 million) to about 3,700 people.
    About 470,000 people were forced to evacuate in the first days after the disaster, and tens of thousands remain unable to return even now. Lower courts had split over the extent of the government's responsibility in foreseeing the disaster and ordering Tepco to take steps to prevent it.
    (Production: Akiko Okamoto)
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