2011年4月19日星期二

President TEPCO faces budget - Xinhua Committee

(BEIJING, April 19 Xinhuanet.com) - President of Tokyo Electric Power Company, Masataka Shimizu, has apologized for the disaster of Central Fukushima nuclear company.

It is the latest in a string of moves by the company, to appease public anger over the incident. Stuttard Matte has more.

Summoned to deal with the meeting of the Committee of the upper House of the Japan Budget.

Masataka Shimizu made his first appearance before legislators since the disaster broke.

And the look of unease was evident, because he was harassed and mocked.

Masataka Shimizu, TEPCO President, said: "I again deeply apologize for causing so many problems for residents near the complex, the people of Fukushima and the public, of the accident at the nuclear plant of Daiichi Fukushima.".

Shimizu apology comes after the resignation of company President Tsunehisa Katsumata. There is growing speculation that the President will follow him soon.

Before leaving the Katsumata announced premier card detailed road of the TEPCO to bring reactors of the nuclear plant under control within six to nine months.

Two-step plan is to first stabilize the installation and then limit the release of radioactive materials.

Tsunehisa Katsumata, former TEPCO Chiarman, said: "with regard to the timetable for achieving these objectives, there is all kinds of risks involved." However, we hope to achieve stage 1 on three months. We hope to achieve step 2 within three to six months. As we receive more specific goals, we will announce them. ?

According to Adviser a Government, the Japanese Government will closely monitor the implementation of the plan of TEPCO and hope that it can be done in advance.

But even with the announcement of the chronology, it is known when evacuated would be able to return home.

Last week, TEPCO announced plans asked the Government to give each household evacuated approximately 12 - thousands of US Dollars in interim compensation. But many evacuated people say that the offer is far from sufficient.

Analysts believe its road map and of the TEPCO pay plan only address concerns in the short term. In the long term, there is concern that the crisis could create a continuous for the Japanese economy.... negative spiral with the possibility of impact on the pace of the recovery of the financial world.

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