http://www.ethecon.org/en/793
For the bestowal of the International ethecon Black Planet
Award 2011 on the people in charge of TEPCO, the Japanese energy company
responsible for the MCA at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, a delegation of
ethecon members travels to Japan ．．．．．
One year after the onset of the nuclear desaster in
Fukushima we have yet to see any substantial consequences dealt to the people
responsible for this maximum credible accident. A few managers were replaced by
the operating company TEPCO. Now the Japanese government has decided to make
further payments to the company dependent on the replacement of all 17
directors. However, there is no talk of criminal charges…..
ethecon - Foundation Ethics & Economics demands that
the major share holders be held liable for damages and the decision makers of
the energy company be subject to criminal charges.
Without the faulty decisions of these executives, the
nuclear catastrophe may never have happened. These decisions led to the now
known structural defects and cost cuts in safety and maintenance. „For them,
profit was more important than the protection of the population and the
environment“ - this was the comment given by ethecon chairman Axel
Köhler-Schnura. „The company´s managers must be held accountable for the
humanitarian catastrophe they caused.“……
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