TEPCO now under Japan state control in 1 trillion yen bailout

The Japanese company that operated Fukushima received a trillion Yen ($12.8 billion) bailout today, effectively putting the company under government control.

Tokyo Electric Power Co.. (TEPCO) operated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, involved in last year's nuclear disaster... read more.

Workers forced to fake radiation readings by Fukushima contractor

According to a leaked tape of an internal meeting, a company charged with decontaminating the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, forced workers to lower their radiation readings.

The workers were given lead boxes by a senior executive, which they were told to make into shields. They were told to place these over the dosimeters and, as lead effectively blocks radiation, significantly lower readings were produced... read more.