Avril 2011 / http://www.reuters.com/

RPT-Japan nuclear crisis to trigger huge civil damages claims

TEPCO and government to handle claims

* Hundreds of thousands of claims expected

* Claims could top $130 bln in worst case - BofA-ML

* Government likely to set up central compensation fund

By Rachel Armstrong

SINGAPORE, April 4(Reuters) - Japan’s nuclear crisis is likely to lead to one of the country’s largest and most complex ever set of claims for civil damages, handing a huge bill to the fiscally strained government and debt-laden plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co . (…)