» Citizens filed a second criminal complaint against a former nuclear safety official and eight others

2015/01/13

A group of citizens, including some from Fukushima Prefecture, on Tuesday filed a second criminal complaint against a former nuclear safety official and eight others, arguing they failed to take necessary preventive measures in the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

It follows one filed in June 2012 against TEPCO’s then Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and others for alleged professional negligence resulting in death and injury in connection with the disaster that occurred at the utility’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March 2011.

Among the accused this time were Yoshinori Moriyama, a former official in charge of nuclear disaster countermeasures at the now-defunct Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, and officials at TEPCO.

In the written complaint filed with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, the group said the nine were responsible for a number of citizens’ exposure to radiation in the Fukushima crisis by neglecting to take countermeasures against possible severe accidents.

“We want the prosecutors to make clear the criminal responsibility (of those accused) as new facts have been revealed” since documents complied by the government were disclosed last year, said a member of the group.

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Group files fresh complaint over Fukushima nuclear disaster (Mainichi Newspaper)

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