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THE JAPAN TIMES
Friday, November 8, 2002
Nuclear disaster drill held in
Fukui
FUKUI (Kyodo) The national and Fukui prefectural governments held a disaster-prevention drill Thursday in the town of Oi dealing with radioactive material leaking from a nuclear reactor. Local residents, including people living at a facility for the disabled, took part in the drill. ------ http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20021108wo24.htm DAILY IOMIURI In an exercise starting at 10:20 a.m., about 250 residents living within the two-kilometer radius were evacuated to primary schools. Two "victims" exposed to radiation were helicoptered to a Fukui hospital.
BBC NEWS
Friday, 8 November,
2002
Dirty bomb threat possible -
expert
Professor Paul Wilkinson of the Centre for
Terrorism Studies at St Andrews University said it was a "possibility" that the
threat did exist and that the original Home Office warning was "not inaccurate".
November 7,
2002
NRC STAFF PROPOSES $60,000 FINE
AGAINST U. S. ENRICHMENT CORP. FOR FAILING TO PROTECT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AT PADUCAH PLANT THE JAPAN TIMES
November 7,
2002
ASIA-PACIFIC MONITORED
How safe is nuclear energy? By RALPH COSSA Recent scandals regarding Tokyo Electric Power Co. safety inspection procedures have added a new sense of urgency to a long-standing question: "Are nuclear power reactors throughout East Asia being operated safely?" |