Fukushima trial ends in not guilty verdict, but nuclear disaster will haunt Japan for decades to come cnn.com

(CNN) The only criminal prosecution stemming from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has ended in not guilty verdicts, in a blow to families displaced by the meltdown, as the fallout promises to haunt northern Japan for decades to come.
A court in Tokyo acquitted the former chairman and two former vice presidents of Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), the firm which operated the Fukushima Daiichi plant, according to public broadcaster NHK.
The trio were accused negligence for failing to implement safety measures, all three pleaded not guilty.
The cleanup from the disaster -- caused when an earthquake-triggered tsunami struck the plant -- is expected to take decades, and cost billions of dollars.
Tens of thousands of people still remain displaced, eight years after the original meltdown.