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Fukushima plant chief defied TEPCO headquarters to protect workers

BY NAOYA KON STAFF WRITER

2012/12/02

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photoMasao Yoshida, the head of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, on Nov. 12, 2011 (Pool)

Exasperated by his superiors, the manager of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant rejected orders to send workers back into the crippled plant a week after the disaster struck.

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