[lit-ideas] Re: non-news
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:49:02 +0900
FYI. From the Associated Press via the Seattle Intelligencer via Google
News
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Recent nuclear accidents in Japan:
- December 1995: Sodium leaked in a secondary cooling system at the
Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor operated by the state-run Power
Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., or Donen. No one was
injured in that accident, and no radioactivity escaped, but Donen was
found to have concealed videotape footage that showed the extensive
damage to the reactor.
- March 1997: At least 37 workers were exposed to low doses of
radiation at a March 11 fire and explosion at a nuclear reprocessing
plant operated by Donen in Tokaimura, northeast of Tokyo. Donen later
admitted to initially suppressing information about the fire.
- September 1999: Two workers were killed in a radiation leak at a
fuel-reprocessing plant in Tokaimura when they tried to save time by
mixing excessive amounts of uranium in buckets instead of using special
mechanized tanks. Hundreds were exposed to radiation, and thousands of
residents evacuated. The government assigned the accident a level 4
rating on the International Nuclear Event Scale ranging from 1 to 7.
- February 2002: Two workers were exposed to a small amount of
radiation and suffered minor burns when they accidentally punctured a
spray can that ignited a plastic sheet during an inspection at Onagawa
Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan.
- February 2004: Eight workers were exposed to low-level radiation at
another power plant in Tsuruga, western Japan, when they were
accidentally sprayed with contaminated water. The doses were not
considered dangerous.
- Aug. 9, 2004: A cooling pipe at a power plant in Mihama burst,
burning at least four workers to death and injuring seven others with a
scorching explosion of steam. No radiation was released.
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John L. McCreery
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Yokohama, Japan 220-0006
Tel 81-45-314-9324
Email mccreery@xxxxxxx
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