Former executives charged in Fukushima disaster

3 reactors at the nuclear plant were damaged in the deadly March 2011 earthquake and tsunami

Three former Japanese utility executives were formally charged for alleged negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster on Monday, becoming the first ones from the company to face a criminal court.

A group of five court-appointed lawyers on Monday indicted Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co at the time of the crisis, along with two other TEPCO executives, according to the lawyers' offices. The three men, charged with professional negligence, were not arrested.