Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings (TEPCO) said Thursday it faces another U. S. lawsuit over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, with the latest one demanding at least $5 billion in compensation. A total of 157 U. S. residents who were supporting…
Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings (TEPCO) said Thursday it faces another U. S. lawsuit over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, with the latest one demanding at least $5 billion in compensation.
A total of 157 U. S. residents who were supporting Fukushima victims at the time filed the class action suit in a California district court earlier this month against the utility known as TEPCO and a U. S. company.
A massive tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake smashed into the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on March 11,2011.
The giant waves overwhelmed reactor cooling systems and sent three into meltdown, spewing radiation over a wide area.
