Tepco Admits It Knew of Problems at Fukushima BEFORE the Earthquake Hit

by WashingtonsBlog

Tepco Finally Comes Clean … But Tries to Blame Anti-Nuclear Movement

Ever since the Japanese earthquake hit a year and a half ago, we have reported on Tepco’s criminal negligence in failing to prevent the Fukushima disaster. See this, this and this.

Due to the pressure put on Tepco by whistleblowers, writers and others, Tepco is finally coming clean.

As the Wall Street Journal reports today:

In a stunning reversal, the operator of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant admitted for [...]

Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation’s 50 nuclear reactors Saturday

TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation’s 50 nuclear reactors Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol.

Japan was without electricity from nuclear power for the first time in four decades when the reactor at Tomari nuclear plant on the northern island of Hokkaido went offline for mandatory routine maintenance.

After last year’s March [...]