Ethical Issues At Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Because of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the Fukushima group evacuation test, the decontamination cost of the Nihon Matsu Golf Course, the Fukushima nuclear power plant litigation caused the Tokyo Electric Power shareholder suit. There are various reasons for these lawsuits ("Litigation Movement"). For example, it is necessary to protect children from radiation, to receive compensation from TEPCO, to ask the responsibility of TEPCO's Board of Directors to keep safety of nuclear power plants, to pursue the government's responsibility promoting nuclear policy. Some condemnations are related to the denuclearization movement, others are pursuing purely compensation for financial damage. Also, approximately 3,900 people have class lawsuits against the country and TEPCO to return the radiation dose to the pre-accident level and seek consolation fees. These citizen groups are participating not only from …show more content…
“… there will be many thousands of people outside the doors with the power to amp up the political pressure significantly—with heightened boycotts, court cases, and more militant direct action should real progress fail to materialize" (Klein 355). Three months after Fukushima nuclear power explosion, thousands of anti-nuclear protesters marched in Fukushima. Company workers, students, and parents gathered. As of June 2011, more than 80% of Japanese are anti-nuclear, and it is said to be information on the government’s distrust of radiation (Blair). Local governments are skeptical that adequate safety measures have been taken and neglect to grant permission required by the law to bring the shutdown reactors back online. Although the number of anti-nuclear demonstration has decreased compared with that immediately after nuclear accident, demonstrations are still being carried out in areas with nuclear power plants such as Fukushima and Kagoshima