１３兆円賠償、東電元会長ら控訴　株主訴訟、地裁判決に不服

　東京電力福島第１原発事故をめぐる株主代表訴訟で、東電の勝俣恒久元会長ら旧経営陣４人が２７日、総額約１３兆円の賠償を命じた東京地裁判決を不服として控訴した。代理人弁護士が取材に明らかにした。一方、２２兆円の賠償を求めていた原告の株主側も控訴した。
　判決は、津波地震を予測した政府機関の「長期評価」に相応の信頼性があったとした上で、勝俣元会長と清水正孝元社長、武黒一郎、武藤栄両元副社長は津波襲来の可能性を認識しながら対策を怠ったと認定。柏崎刈羽原発で採り入れられていた水密化の措置を講じれば事故は十分防げたと判断し、廃炉や被災者への賠償などで東電の支出が確定した計１３兆３２１０億円を賠償額と認め、４人に支払いを命じた。（2022/07/27-18:28）

Four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Wednesday appealed a district court ruling ordering them to pay a total of about 13 trillion yen in compensation over the 2011 triple meltdown at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, their lawyer said.
   Former TEPCO Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and the three others had been sued by shareholders over the nuclear disaster. The shareholders, who had sought 22 trillion yen in compensation, also filed an appeal against the Tokyo District Court ruling.
   The ruling said a long-term tsunami risk assessment released by a Japanese government body was reliable and that Katsumata, former TEPCO President Masataka Shimizu and former executive vice presidents Ichiro Takekuro and Sakae Muto neglected to take measures while recognizing the risk.
   It concluded that the nuclear accident could have been prevented and ordered the four former executives to pay the shareholders a total of 13,321 billion yen.
   The shareholders demanded that TEPCO seize the assets of the four, as the ruling can be executed provisionally.