The Fukushima Nuclear accident was sentenced, and the four former executives from Dongdian would compensate for 13 trillion yen

Jimu Journalist Hu Li

According to BBC, four former senior executives of Tokyo Electric Power Corporation (TEPCO) were required by the Japanese court for compensation for 13 trillion yen (about 633.1 billion yuan) for the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.

It is reported that on March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred in the Northeast Pacific region of Japan, and a tsunami occurred later. The earthquake caused the Fukushima First Nuclear Power Station and the Fukushima Second Nuclear Power Station to be seriously affected. In the first few days after the disaster, about 470,000 people were forced to evacuate, and tens of thousands of people were still unable to return.

Residents from the three counties from Fukushima Prefecture and nearby Kunma, Chiba, and Ehime county reported to Tokyo Power Company and the Japanese government to court to ask them to compensate for losses. Residents believe that if the Japanese government exercises a long -term assessment report on a tsunami risk public in 2002, it exercises the power of supervision and requires Tokyo Power Corporation to take preventive measures to avoid being flooded by nuclear power plants. This disaster is avoided. In addition, the shareholders of 48 Tokyo Electric Power Corporation also asked the company's former executives to bear responsibility on the grounds of huge losses in the Fukushima First Nuclear Power Station.

Today, the court has ordered the former President of Dongdian President Saturday and former president Kiyomizu Shi Xiaoxiao to compensate for a total of 1.321 trillion yen in the Fukushima nuclear disaster compensation in 2011. The court believes that if the company's executives take their due attitude, the accident will not happen.

Qingshui Zhengxiao [Left] (Picture Source: Guardian)

After the verdict, Tokyo Electric Power Company apologized and issued a statement saying: "We apologize for the huge burden of the Fukushima first nuclear power plant accident to the local residents and the entire society."

A lawyer who defended Tokyo Power Corporation said that this is the highest amount of compensation in Japanese civil lawsuits, and 13 trillion yen far exceeds the company's ability to pay.

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