Sick US Sailors Allowed To Sue Tepco Over Fukushima Disaster
Edmondo Burr
YourNewsWire.com
June 24, 2017
A US federal appeals court has ruled that American navy personnel can now sue Japan and the Tokyo Electric Power Company for radiation exposure while aiding in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Sailors on the USS Ronald Reagan were exposed to radioactive material while sailing down wind from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Russia Today reports: On Thursday, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in favor of the sailors who were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation while providing humanitarian aid after an earthquake destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
The ruling allows sailors, who were aboard the ship at the time, to pursue their lawsuit against the state-owned Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) for misrepresented radiation levels in the surrounding air and water. The lawsuit alleges that TEPCO misled them about the extent of the radiation leak.
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