Judges of the Tokyo District Court visited Fukushima Prefecture on the 29th to inspect the site of the nuclear power plant in a trial in which TEPCO shareholders are seeking compensation from the former management over the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
This is the first time a judge has visited the premises after the nuclear accident.
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was inspected by two judges, including Judge Yoshihide Asakura of the Tokyo District Court, a clerk, and lawyers on the plaintiff's side and the defendant's side. I took a bus from the station to the site of the nuclear power plant.
In a trial in which TEPCO shareholders are asking five former management to compensate the company over the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, shareholders are trying to verify whether tsunami countermeasures were possible before the earthquake. I was asking the judge to visit the site.
According to a lawyer on the shareholder side, the inspection was conducted for more than 5 hours and confirmed the situation before and after the accident regarding the situation of the buildings of Units 1 to 6 and the entrance and exit of the building with important equipment. is.
According to TEPCO, this is the first time a judge has visited the premises of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after the nuclear accident.
After the inspection, Hiroyuki Kawai, a lawyer on the shareholder side, said, "The judges asked TEPCO many times and looked around the site seriously. It is a very meaningful verification and I expect a good decision. I was talking.