by Al Gedicks
The worst nuclear accident in history occurred five years ago at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant in Japan.
After an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, three out of four reactors on the site melted down and a hydrogen explosion released deadly radiation into the atmosphere. Three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co., the owner of the Fukushima nuclear plant, were recently indicted for criminal negligence for failing to take action to prevent damage to the nuclear plant from a tsunami. Experts had warned Tepco about the dangers of an earthquake and a tsunami hitting the plant in June 2009.