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"I shouldn't be forgiven..."
Ex-fire department head regrets issuing order to spray water on Fukushima nuclear plant
Yuji Arai (Mainichi)
A former head of the Tokyo Fire Department expressed regret for ordering firefighters to spray water into the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in March last year while their safety was not guaranteed.
"I still believe I shouldn't be forgiven for issuing the order as the safety of my subordinates was not confirmed," Yuji Arai, who headed the fire department when the operation was conducted, said in an exclusive interview with the Mainichi Shimbun. He left his post in July last year.
Firefighters deployed to...
Yuji Arai (Mainichi)
A former head of the Tokyo Fire Department expressed regret for ordering firefighters to spray water into the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant in March last year while their safety was not guaranteed.
"I still believe I shouldn't be forgiven for issuing the order as the safety of my subordinates was not confirmed," Yuji Arai, who headed the fire department when the operation was conducted, said in an exclusive interview with the Mainichi Shimbun. He left his post in July last year.
Firefighters deployed to...
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120308p2a00m0na016000c.html
