In a trial in which residents of the Tsushima district of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, whose access is still severely restricted due to the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, sued the government and TEPCO, the Fukushima District Court Koriyama Branch said, "The government will take measures. The accident could have been avoided if ordered, "he said, ordering the government and TEPCO to compensate a total of more than 1 billion yen.
640 people who lived in the Tsushima area of Namie Town, which was designated as a difficult-to-return area where access is still severely restricted due to the nuclear accident 10 years ago, told the government and TEPCO the radiation dose before the nuclear accident. He had filed a lawsuit seeking compensation of more than 30 million yen per person if he was not allowed to return to the state.
In a ruling on the 30th, Judge Kenji Sasaki of the Koriyama branch of the Fukushima District Court said, "The country was able to predict the danger of a tsunami coming in 2002 when the research agency showed a long-term evaluation of the earthquake. Had ordered TEPCO to take measures, the accident could have been avoided. "
After that, we ordered the government and TEPCO to compensate a total of more than 1 billion yen.
On the other hand, he dismissed the proceedings regarding returning the radiation dose requested by the plaintiff to the state before the nuclear accident.
The feedback difficult areas, more than 10 years since the accident have also been designated a total of 337 square kilometers of the 7 Cities around nuclear power plant right now, in most of the area, does not have standing the prospect that residents return.
After the ruling, Mr. Hidenori Konno, the leader of the plaintiffs, said, "I am very sorry that I was not allowed to return to the state before the accident, but I am glad that the responsibility of the country was recognized."
TEPCO "Apologize again from the bottom of my heart"
Regarding the decision, TEPCO said, "We sincerely apologize for causing great inconvenience and concern to the people of Fukushima Prefecture and other members of society due to the accident at the nuclear power plant. We will scrutinize and consider how to deal with it. "
Nuclear Regulatory Commission "Scrutinize the content of the judgment"
Regarding the decision, the National Nuclear Regulatory Commission said, "We believe that the state's allegations were not accepted, so we will carefully examine the content of the decision and discuss with the relevant ministries and agencies to appropriately consider the response policy. In any case, the NRA wants to carry out appropriate regulations by strictly proceeding with the conformity assessment to the new regulatory standards established based on the nuclear accident. " I am.