April 30 (VOA News) –A key Japanese adviser on radiation leaks at the country’s disabled Fukushima nuclear power facility has quit in protest over the government’s handling of the disaster. The adviser, Toshiso Kosako, a radiation safety expert at the University of Tokyo, said the government-set limits for radiation exposure at schools near the nuclear site are too high. At a tearful news conference late Friday, Kosako said he could “not allow this as a scholar.” Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Kosako to advise the government after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. In quitting his position, Kosako criticized the government for what he said is its “impromptu” handling of the crisis and slow pace of bringing the nuclear facility’s radiation leaks under control. …
Japanese Radiation Adviser Quits in Rebuke to Government
