Why Onagawa Nuclear Power Station Survived the Tsunami

Kyusaku Natsume writes "While the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, was hit hard by the March 2011 tsunami, the nuclear plant it shares with the equally devastated city of Ishinomaki survived. The reason it did so is mostly down to the personal strength and tenacity of one Yanosuke Hirai, who passed away in 1986 and insisted that the plant should have been protected by a 14.8 m tall seawall. A great quote from the article: 'Corporate ethics and compliance may be similar, but their cores are different, from the perspective of corporate social responsibility, we cannot say that there is no need to question a company's actions just because they are not a crime under the law.'"

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Re:Help needed

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Legality

[roman_mir]

"Unpopular laws"? Nonsense.

The correct application of the jury nullification is any time when there is a conflict between the individual and the collective.

Any time at all when an individual is brought up on any charges by the Federal government jury nullification must be applied.