Fukushima governor demands TEPCO decommission all its 10 nuke reactors [View all]
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111228p2a00m0na010000c.html[font face=Times,Times New Roman,Serif][font size=5]Fukushima governor demands TEPCO decommission all its 10 nuke reactors[/font]
[font size=3]FUKUSHIMA -- Gov. Yuhei Sato has demanded that Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the crippled nuclear plant, decommission all its 10 nuclear reactors in the prefecture.
Sato made the demand in a meeting with TEPCO President Toshio Nishizawa at prefectural government headquarters in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 27. Nishizawa stopped short of mentioning the possibility of decommissioning the reactors, and left the prefectural government without answering questions from reporters.
"Fukushima Prefecture will build a society that won't rely on nuclear energy, and demands that all the reactors in the prefecture be decommissioned and dismantled," Sato told Nishizawa.
In response, the TEPCO head only said, "We'll sincerely take measures to ensure safety, pay compensation to those affected by the disaster and decontaminate tainted areas."[/font][/font]