Fukushima Milestone: Plant Worker Files Lawsuit Versus TEPCO Over Radiation Exposure

Source: International Business Times

In what could be a historical milestone related to the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown in March 2011, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) has been slapped with a lawsuit by no other than a worker who used to work in the crippled facility.

The 48-year-old worker, part of a 6-man team sent to lay electric cables at the basement of the No. 3 reactor turbine building 13 days after the disaster, wants a compensation of 11 million yen ($110,000) from TEPCO.

"I wish (the utility) had informed us of possible risks in advance," Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun quoted the man as saying at a news conference in Tokyo. "I want (TEPCO) to create safer conditions for workers because the decommissioning of the reactors will not finish anytime soon."

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The lawsuit, filed at the Iwaki branch of the Fukushima District Court, was the very first made by a Fukushima worker.

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