Tokyo Electric Power Company
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Tokyo Electric Power is the semi-nationalised operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which in 2010 suffered a tsunami-induced triple meltdown.
Background
In August 2013 the Financial Times said Japan's efforts to decommission the stricken Fukushima plant after two-and-a-half years 'continue to resemble an episode of the Keystone Kops'.
- A rat gnawed through a cable, causing a dangerous power outage. In July, after months of obfuscation, Tokyo Electric Power, the semi-nationalised operator, admitted the plant was leaking radioactive water into the ocean. This month the government stepped in to contain the leak with an untested process to freeze the ground around the plant. Current estimates suggest it will take decades and cost more than $10bn to decommission Fukushima. So much for cheap nuclear fuel.
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Nuclear nightmare: Tighter regulation is the only hope to restart Japan's nuclear reactors], Financial Times, August 12, 2013 6:36 pm </ref>
- Fukushima: The global fall-out, Editorial, The Guardian, Thursday 22 August 2013 23.15 BST
