Governor won't allow Tepco to restart stricken reactors (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

Sato demands industry-wide compensation

Kyodo

FUKUSHIMA — Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato said Friday he will never allow Tokyo Electric Power Co. to resume operations at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

"A resumption of plant operations must be impossible," Sato told Masataka Shimizu, president of Tepco, who apologized for the nuclear emergency during their meeting at the prefectural government office.

After the 15-minute meeting, Shimizu suggested to reporters he would step down at an appropriate time to take responsibility for the crisis.

Shimizu had previously tried twice to see the governor following the start of the disaster, but Sato turned him down both times, saying on one occasion, "The anger and fear of people in this prefecture have reached the maximum limit."

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[MineralMan]

1. I doubt it would be possible, in any case.

That entire facility is a complete write-off. It's good what the Mayor is doing, but that site was never going to operate again anyhow.