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January 28, 2022

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Survivors Sue over Cancer Diagnoses
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In Japan, six people who developed thyroid cancer in the aftermath of
the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown have filed a landmark lawsuit
against the Tokyo Electric Power Company. The plaintiffs were aged from
6 to 16 at the time of the devastating earthquake and tsunami, which
triggered one of the world's worst nuclear disasters. A court acquitted
former executives from the utility company in 2019. Meanwhile, a plan to
release wastewater from the Fukushima plant starting next year has
sparked international condemnation.


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