Masao Yoshida defied management of power company Tepco by cooling nuclear reactors with seawater to staunch meltdown Masao Yoshida - whose actions as manager of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant during its triple meltdown averted an even greater disaster - has died. Yoshida, 58, took early retirement from the plant's operator, Tepco, in late 2011 after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. He died in a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday, reports said. Tepco and Yoshida, a heavy smoker, said the cancer...
Masao Yoshida defied management of power company Tepco by cooling nuclear reactors with seawater to staunch meltdown Masao Yoshida - whose actions as manager of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant during its triple meltdown averted an even greater disaster - has died. Yoshida, 58, took early retirement from the plant's operator, Tepco, in late 2011 after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. He died in a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday, reports said. Tepco and Yoshida, a heavy smoker, said the cancer...
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