Three former Tepco executives indicted over Fukushima nuke disaster

Three former Tepco executives indicted over Fukushima nuke disaster

PanARMENIAN.Net - Three former Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) executives were indicted on Monday, February 29 for failing to take safety measures to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, a local media report said, according to Reuters.

In accordance with Japanese law, prosecutors indicted the three on charges they failed to strengthen the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant despite foreseeing the dangers of a nuclear crisis from tsunamis, Kyodo news agency reported.

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