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No Golden Parachutes for TEPCO
Business  (tags: dishonesty, corporate, cover-up, TEPCO, mishandling, Fukushima disaster, avaaz, petition, Masataka Shimizu )

Naoko
- 325 days ago - avaaz.org
TEPCO's disgraced ex-chief Masataka Shimizu - fired for his dreadful mishandling of the Fukushima disaster - just landed a cushy new job at a sister utility company ! It would strike a terrible blow against accountability for the worst nuclear disaster.
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TEPCO Shareholders Meeting Marked By Calls to Break Away From Nuclear Power
Business  (tags: economy, corporate, corruption, TEPCO, shareholders meeting, criticism, Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant, anti-nuke, energy, money )

Naoko
- 330 days ago - mainichi.jp
Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO) came under bitter criticism over its corporate management and handling of the crisis at the Fukushima NO.1 Nuclear Power Plant at a general shareholders meeting in Tokyo on June 27.
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Nuclear Corruption - 24 Hours to Stop It -- Please Sign !!
Business  (tags: dishonesty, consumers, nuclear plant, restart, KEPCO, TEPCO, nuclear disaster, petition, PLEASE SIGN, 24 hours, STOP, Avaaz, petition, corruption, environment, government )

Naoko
- 404 days ago - avaaz.org
Japans Atomic Energy Agency just admitted it's received millions of yen from energy companies seeking permission to restart nuclear plants -- Let's give Fukui leaders wave of people power they need to block the corrupt restart orders.
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Futaba Mayor Angered By TEPCO and Gov't Disregard
Business  (tags: dishonesty, corruption, government, energy, TEPCO, Fukushima, Futaba Town, anger, disregard, nuclear crisis, nuclear power plant, safety myth, money )

Naoko
- 465 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
"Do you think of Futaba county residents as Japanese citizens?" Futaba town mayor Katsutaka Idogawa pressed the prime minister in a meeting on Jan.8.
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Fukushima Plant Site Originally Was A Hill Safe From Tsunami
Business  (tags: dishonesty, corporate, TEPCO, tsunami, nuclear power plant, why?, Fukushima No1. Nuclear Power Plant, nuclear crisis, March 11, Japan, energy )

Naoko
- 681 days ago - search.japantimes.co.jp
Tepco, assuming tsuami 3.1 meters of higher would never hit the coast, reduced the bluff by some 25 meters and erected the plant on artificually prepared ground only 10 meters above sea level.
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TEPCO Can't Find 69 Plant Workers For Radiation Checks
Business  (tags: health, risks, TEPCO, Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, radiation exposure, radiation check, unknown, identify, 30, 69, plant workers, subcontractors, false names, corruption, dishonesty )

Naoko
- 701 days ago - asahi.com
The whereabouts of 69 people who had worked at the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant remain unknown, including 30 who have not even been identified, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said June 20.
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Stabilizing Reactors By Year's End May Be Impossible:TEPCO
Business  (tags: TEPCO, dishonesty, corporate, environment, Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, restoration plan, impossible, meltdowns, radiation )

Naoko
- 726 days ago - search.japantimes.co.jp
Stabilizing the crisis at the Fukushima No.1 power plant by the end of the year may be impossible, senior officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co.said Sunday, throwing a monkey wrench into plans to let evacuees return to their home near the plant.
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TEPCO Releases Photos of Tsunami Crashing Into Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Business  (tags: TEPCO, Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, tsunami, crashed, photos, released, destruction )

Naoko
- 735 days ago - asahi.com
The photos, released on May 19, show the seawater destroying the breakwater, washing away vehicles and rushing through the plant.
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Japan Utility Head Resigns Over Nuclear Crisis
Business  (tags: world, politics, japan, Tepco, news, society, finance, investments, money, business, corporate )

Cal
- 735 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The president of the Japanese utility behind the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl said Friday he was stepping down in disgrace after reporting the biggest financial losses in company history.
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TEPCO Concealed Radiation Data Before Explosion at No.3 Reactor
Business  (tags: TEPCO, data, radiation level, Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, hydrogen explosion, concealed, injured, March, dishonesty, corporate, cover-up, government )

Naoko
- 740 days ago - asahi.com
Tokyo Electric Power Co. concealed data showing spikes in radiation levels at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in March, one day before a hydrogen explosion injured seven workers.
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Melted Nuclear Fuel Casts Doubt On Credibility Of TEPCO Data
Business  (tags: TEPCO, data, credibility, doubt, Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, No.1 reactor, melt down, fuel, nuclear fuel, radiation, pressure vessel, NISA, safety, risks, explosions, dishonesty, corporate, business, government )

Naoko
- 742 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
Melted nuclear fuel inside the No.1 reactor of the crippled Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant has been found at the bottom of the reactor's pressure vessel, indicating there is a likelihood of a hole up to several centimeters in it, TEPCO said.
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Tearful Widow's Plea Part Of 350-Person Protest In Front Of TEPCO Headquarters
Business  (tags: Japan, TEPCO, tear, widow, farmers, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, compensation, suicide, the Japan Farmers Movement, protest, nuke plants, stop, dishonesty, corporate )

Naoko
- 757 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
"Stop the nuclear power plants. That's what my hudband wanted," the woman, 61-year-old Mitsuyo Tarukawa, pleaded amongst tears.
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How Did Japan's Nuclear Industry Become So Arrogant?
Business  (tags: TEPCO, METI, nuclear experts, NISA, arrogant, NSC, crisis, disaster, shortcomings, warnings, government, dishonesty, corporate )

Naoko
- 760 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
The excuses made by the organizations involved go to show that so-called nuclear power experts have no intention to self reflect or admit their shortcomings.
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TEPCO President Apologizes to Local Leaders for the First Time, Gets Cold Welcome
Business  (tags: TEPCO, Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, Mayors, local residents, cold welcome, apologize, Masataka Shimizu, dishonesty, corporate )

Naoko
- 761 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO) President Masataka Shimizu received a cold welcome from town mayors and evacuated residents as he visited Fukushima Prefecture on April 22 to apologize for the ongoing nuclear crisis.
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Donations By TEPCO Execs Show Close Ties to Liberal Democratic Party
Business  (tags: TEPCO, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Japan, close ties, former ruling party, donations, Tepco execs, Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, utility giant, METI, amakudari, DPJ, power comany, political donation, government, money, corporate, corruption )

Naoko
- 764 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
Various officials with Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO) donated more than 20 million yen to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) over three years since 2007, indicating a close relationship between the utility giant and the former ruling party.
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