Fukushima fishermen’s distrust leads to rejection of TEPCO groundwater plan

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Source: Asahi Shimbun

Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials underestimated Fukushima fishermen’s anger and distrust toward the company whose failures continue to threaten their livelihoods.

After meeting fisheries leaders several times since last summer, utility officials believed they had won approval from a prefectural fisheries federation for a plan to reduce the amount of contaminated water at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

However, the fishermen themselves lashed out against TEPCO at a meeting in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 13.

“An explanation from TEPCO alone will not be enough to win the confidence of union members,” a participant at the meeting said.

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Read more: http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201305140090

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1. Looks like they'll need to start fishing somewhere else.

If there is somewhere else to fish.