Tokyo Electric Power Company
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| Public KK | |
| Traded as | TYO: 9501 OSE: 9501 NSE: 9501 |
| Industry | Electric utility |
| Predecessor | The Tokyo Electric Light Company, Incorporated (founded in 1889) |
| Founded | Tokyo, Japan (May 1, 1951) |
| Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan |
Area served | Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, Yamanashi, and east Shizuoka |
Key people | Masataka Shimizu (ex-President) Toshio Nishizawa (President) |
| Services | Electric generation, transmission, and distribution |
| Revenue |  ¥5,368.5 billion (FY 2010) |
| ¥399.6 billion (FY 2010) | |
 ¥-1,247.3 billion (FY 2010) | |
| Total assets | ¥14,790.3 billion (FY 2010) |
| Total equity | ¥1,602.4 billion (FY 2010) |
Number of employees | 38,671 |
| Website | www.tepco.co.jp |
After the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, its power plant at Fukushima Daiichi became a continuing nuclear disaster. The Fukushima disaster forced 50,000 households to leave the evacuation zone because of radiation leaks into the air, soil and sea.[1]
Tokyo Prefecture is the largest shareholder in the company with 9.37 percent voting rights. [2]
Tokyo Electric Power Company Media
Three TEPCO aerial work platform trucks work together on utility poles, upgrading overhead power lines in Tokyo, Japan (video).
Three of the reactors at Fukushima I overheated, causing meltdowns that eventually led to explosions, which released large amounts of radioactive material into the air.
Spent nuclear fuel pool at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on 27 November 2013
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References
- ↑ Takahiko Hyuga and Tsuyoshi Inajima (June 10, 2011). "Police to Send Riot Squads to Tepco Meeting". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-09/police-to-send-riot-squads-to-tepco-meeting.html.
- ↑ "Tokyo becomes largest shareholder in TEPCO," Mainichi Shimbun. 11 April 2012.
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