November 28, 2011
by legitgov
Director of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant stepping down due to illness –TEPCO: ‘We cannot give you details of his illness because they are private matters.’ 28 Nov 2011 The director of Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is stepping down due to illness, the facility’s operator said Monday but it was not clear if his condition is radiation-related. Masao Yoshida, 56, who has been on site at the plant since Japan’s March 11 disaster, has been hospitalised for “treatment of illness,” a spokeswoman for Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said.