Saturday, 12 October 2013

INTERVIEW: LDP’s Oshima says TEPCO breakup an option 自由民主党員大島氏:東電の解体も選択の一つ

(Source) http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201310090079

REUTERS
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will make proposals this month on how to handle the embattled operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, including the possible break-up of the giant utility, a senior party policymaker said on Oct. 9.
Tadamori Oshima, head of LDP's task force on reconstruction after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that wrecked the reactors at the Fukushima plant, told Reuters the government needs to do more in dealing with floods of contaminated water at the plant and decommissioning the facility.
He declined to express a clear opinion on the controversial question of whether to break up Tokyo Electric Power Co., but said: "It's time for us to make a decision, not in order to save TEPCO, but to pave the way toward reconstruction."
The current set-up is not working, Oshima said in an interview, as progress is hindered by TEPCO remaining in charge of all the work.....[...]
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