UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
  • Ave. Diagonal, 684
  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"Accountability and nuclear accidents: Fukushima verdict"

The Lancet

On Sept 19, three former Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) executives charged with negligence regarding the 2011 accident at the company’s Fukushima Daiichi plant were acquitted by a Japanese court because opinion was divided over the scientific evaluations of predicted tsunamis.