Tag Archives: Masao Yoshida

‘Yoshida’s Dilemma: One Man’s Struggle to Avert Nuclear Catastrophe’: But for him, Fukushima could have been much worse via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/05/02 by nfield

[…] But in some ways Yoshida, an industry veteran of 32 years, was the right man to handle the crisis. His leadership during those days on the edge, at times in defiance of orders from the top of the utility … Continue reading →

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The hero who averted nuclear catastrophe via The Irish Times

Posted on 2017/04/11 by nfield

The tsunami that hit Japan six years ago almost caused another Chernobyl in Fukushima. Journalist Rob Gilhooly was there and has written a book about the aftermath […] This culminated in the book Yoshida’s Dilemma: One Man’s Struggle to Avert … Continue reading →

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Fukushima: the First Cancers Emerge via Counterpunch

Posted on 2015/10/23 by norma field

by OLIVER TICKELL The Japanese government has made its first admission that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear plant developed cancer as a following decontamination work after the 2011 disaster. The man worked at the damaged plant for over a … Continue reading →

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Fukushima plant chief rapped gov’t for not sharing sense of crisis via Kyodo News International (Global Post)

Posted on 2014/09/11 by norma field

The late chief of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant criticized politicians in his testimony, saying they completely failed to grasp the dire situation that workers faced at the height of the crisis, and that they only brought about further … Continue reading →

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Japanese Newspaper Retracts Fukushima Disaster Report and Fires Editor via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/09/11 by norma field

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s second-largest daily newspaper, retracted an influential news report on the Fukushima nuclear disaster on Thursday after weeks of criticism from other news organizations. The move, which included an apology, came a month after … Continue reading →

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[Japan’s nuclear disaster] Toxic legacy via The Economist

Posted on 2014/09/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

IN THE pantheon of Fukushima heroes, Masao Yoshida (pictured) is a key figure. As the manager of the crippled Daiichi plant in 2011, Mr Yoshida was the captain of a nuclear Titanic, ready to go down with his ship rather … Continue reading →

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Credibility Questions on Fukushima via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/05/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

At the most dire moment of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant three years ago, nine-tenths of the employees, including executives, panicked and fled the plant following an explosion. So reports one of Japan’s most prestigious newspapers, The … Continue reading →

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Yoshida interviews to stay sealed: Suga via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/05/23 by norma field

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Thursday again refused to release a confidential record of interviews with the deceased chief of the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, although he said the government might consider doing so at the family’s request. … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Workers Fled Plant After Accident Despite Orders via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/05/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO — At the most dire moment of the Fukushima nuclear crisis three years ago, hundreds of panicked employees abandoned the damaged plant despite being ordered to remain on hand for last-ditch efforts to regain control of its runaway reactors, … Continue reading →

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Masao Yoshida, Nuclear Engineer and Chief at Fukushima Plant, Dies at 58 via The New York Times

Posted on 2013/07/10 by norma field

TOKYO — Masao Yoshida, a nuclear engineer who took charge of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant two years ago as multiple reactors spiraled out of control after a tsunami, but who ultimately failed to prevent the world’s worst nuclear disaster … Continue reading →

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