Japanese Man Nabbed for Bomb Plot - Tokaimura plant

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Tuesday January 11 7:08 AM ET 

Japanese Man Nabbed for Bomb Plot  

TOKYO (AP) - An unemployed man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly 
planting a bomb that was found at the site of Japan's worst nuclear 
accident, police said.  

Tatsufumi Oshiba, 39, was detained on charges of manufacturing and 
possessing explosives, said Ibaraki prefecture, or state, police 
spokesman Yasuo Hasuda.  

Oshiba, who has no permanent address, said he wanted to blow up the 
uranium reprocessing plant and then kill himself, Hasuda said.  

On Thursday, police found 10 metallic cylinders containing gasoline 
attached to batteries and wires on a side street of Tokaimura, 70 
miles northeast of Tokyo. There was no explosion.  

At least 95 people were exposed to radiation last year when workers 
at the Tokaimura plant set off an uncontrolled nuclear reaction by 
using too much uranium to make fuel. One worker died from radiation 
sickness, and two remain in serious condition.

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