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4. When contacted by the BBC, Tepco acknowledged that it has been sued, ...

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 05:03 AM

Dec 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20856051

27 December 2012 Last updated at 22:13 ET

Japan's Tepco sued by US sailors over radiation

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), owner of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has been sued by eight US sailors over radiation exposure.

They claim that Tepco lied about the threat posed by the leaks after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami damaged the plant.

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When contacted by the BBC, Tepco acknowledged that it has been sued, but said that it had not received the actual complaint and so was not in a position to comment.

The lawsuit is the latest setback for Tepco which is already facing billions of dollars in compensation claims.

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This should be an interesting case Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #6

I'm not sure that is true. Chemisse Dec 2012 #7

All of that is kept track off and is in the records. aandegoons Dec 2012 #8

This is surface Navy were they don't issue TLD's to the entire crew Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #9

Yes that is why I put near the reactors. aandegoons Dec 2012 #10

Doesn't the Navy have Nuclear radiation detectors? I don't blame them for lovuian Dec 2012 #14

Strange caraher Dec 2012 #11

It is good that they are filing suit now. James48 Dec 2012 #13

This is more proof as to why nuclear is not a viable means of power conversion. Gregorian Dec 2012 #12