Nuclear firm bosses face criminal trial

THREE former utility firm bosses have been charged with negligence over the Fukushima nuclear disaster - the first ones from the company to face a criminal trial.

A group of court- appointed lawyers have indicted
Tsunehisa Katsumata, the then chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company, along with two other ex- executives. The three men are charged with professional negligence.

The indictment follows a decision by an 11-member judicial committee in July to send the three men to criminal court after prosecutors dropped the case.

Three reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami suffered meltdowns, triggering massive radiation leaks that forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate.

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