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Fwd: Japanese Criticality Accident Summary and Update
Here is the latest summary of information about the accident in Japan.
Mike ... mcbaker@lanl.gov
>From: "Valerie L Putman" <VPUTMAN@inel.gov>
>To: vlp@mr-ed.inel.gov
>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 01:56:11 -0600
>Subject: Japanese Criticality Accident Summary and Update
>
>
>My apologies for the delay in sending more information about the 30 September
>1999 criticality accident. This message is in three primary parts:
>I My summary
>II Dr Komura
>?s most recent email messages
>III news article URLs
>
>
>=================================
>I. ACCIDENT SUMMARY TO DATE by Valerie Putman
>(see emails and URLs for sources)
>=================================
>
>DISCLAIMER: This summary is necessarily based on news articles, other?s
>experience with fuel fabrication in the U.S., and email messages from
>technical
>personnel who are not directly involved with the plant, incident response, or
>incident investigation. Available news articles are mostly non-technical and
>often sensationalized and sometimes contradictory, as expected. In addition,
>there are some questions arising from different nomenclatures and possible
>translation problems.
>
>For convenience, low enriched uranium (LEU) and intermediate enriched uranium
>(IEU) are here respectively defined here as less than 10% enriched and 10-60%
>enriched.
>
>A criticality accident occurred at 10:35am (0135 GMT) on September 30,
>1999. It
>occurred in a nuclear fuel fabrication plant at the JCO Co. site in Tokaimura,
>Japan. The city is about 140km northeast of Tokyo, in the Ibaraki Prefecture.
>
>Public areas are rather close to this plant. However, plant areas require
>little or no shielding because process material is unirradiated. [FYI: There
>is a separate, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Tokaimura. It
>apparently was
>shutdown after a 1997 fire/explosion accident. If I remember correctly, that
>was a chemical or industrial accident but it released radioactive material. I
>speculate BBC video of a building with a hole in its roof is actually file
>footage of this other plant, taken during or after that earlier accident.]
>
>The plant had no criticality accident response plans because it was assumed
>?critical fission chain reactions could not occur. [More probably, "Emergency
>planning was not required because management and authorities assumed a
>criticality accident was not credible, if an appropriate criticality safety
>program was implemented."]
>
>This fabrication plant converts UF6 gas to UO2 powder. It primarily produces
>LEU (5%) fuel for PWRs. However, this time the product was 18.8% enriched
>fuel
>for JOYU, a fast-breeder research reactor. News articles indicate IEU
>processing was not new but it was apparently last conducted three years ago.
>Operational limits might be based on the highest enrichment allowed, but are
>more likely changed when needed to accommodate the LEU and IEU enrichments.
>Apparently this was either the first campaign, or first campaign with IEU, for
>two operators. In addition, the third operator had only a few months
>experience
>with the subject operation, with handling IEU, or both.
>
>The subject operation apparently was a precipitation process involving uranium
>oxide and uranyl nitrate. [One report indicates the material is UF6 but most
>others specify uranium, uranium oxide, and or uranium and nitric acid.]
>Apparently uranyl nitrate is added in batches to a sedimentation
>(precipitation?) tank. Emails indicate the tank was a vertical cylinder,
>with a
>50cm diameter, dished bottom, 3mm stainless steel walls, and an approximate
>2.5cm-thick-water cooling jacket around the sides and bottom.
>
>A regulator-approved manual controls plant operations. For this operation
>material must first be weighed and added to a separate, small dissolution
>tank.
>Apparently material is uranium oxide and nitric acid, but it might be
>concentrated uranyl nitrate. Resultant solution is then transferred to the
>sedimentation vessel via plant piping. The batch size is operationally
>limited
>to a maximum 2.3 or 2.4kg U or, less likely, 235U.
>
>However, two to five years ago JCO officials approved a manual change without
>regulator concurrence or notification. This change significantly accelerates
>the process (3 hours vs. 30 minutes, if a churning device [stirrer?] is
>used in
>the sedimentation tank). It allows operators to use steel buckets and funnels
>to add materials directly to the sedimentation tank. Some reports
>indicate the
>buckets are 50L mop buckets, considerably larger than the aforementioned
>dissolution tank. One official indicated the change would not have been
>approved because uranium oxide, nitric acid, and stainless steel react to
>produce a toxic gas [can anybody tell me what the reaction and products are?].
>
>On Wednesday, operators poured about 9.2kg uranium from four buckets into the
>sedimentation tank. On Thursday, operators added about 6.9kg uranium from
>three
>buckets, triggering the critical excursion. The uranium was "condensed"
>which I
>think refers to uranium oxide powder, although it might refer to highly
>concentrated uranyl nitrate. The resultant solution, or reflected slurry,
>went
>"flash critical" [possibly prompt critical?]. One email indicates the
>critical
>material was approximately 370g/L uranium with, possibly, 1mole/L nitric acid.
>
>Operators saw a blue flash. Reportedly they felt sick immediately. [I?d feel
>sick that quickly just knowing what the blue flash means, whether or not
>physical symptoms were evident that quickly.] Presumably everybody in the
>room
>left as quickly as they could; reports do not indicate if radiation alarms
>were
>installed or activated. 35-year-old Hisashi Ouchi received 17Sv, 39-year-old
>Masato Shinohara received 10Sv, and 55- or 54-year-old Yutaka Yokokawa
>received
>some unspecified lower radiation dose. [Based on doses reported for other
>accidents, I assume Ouchi and Shinohara were next to or leaning over the tank,
>and Yokokawa was a few feet away from the vessel.] These three operators were
>hospitalized and, as of Oct. 4th, all three were alive. In fact, Yokokawa
>apparently was well enough to answer investigator questions by Oct. 2nd.
>However, doctors planned to give Ouchi a bone marrow transplant, at last
>report
>(Oct. 4th).
>
>News reports indicate an additional 37 or 38 people also received some
>non-trivial radiation doses, including three fireman who responded, five
>nearby
>residents, and two employees of a nearby golf-course. [Just reinforces
>what I?d
>always heard: Japan is densely populated, with little if any space between
>industrial/nuclear/chemical plants and the public.] Reports either do not
>quantify, or provide wildly discrepant indications of, radiation levels. Many
>articles report radiation levels anywhere from 1000 to 17000 times above
>normal
>levels. One embassy official told INEEL personnel that responders measured a
>fairly steady 0.84mSv/hr dose rate at the facility boundary for several hours
>after the accident, and further indicated that fission neutrons were detected
>during that time. Until the system was safely subcritical, about 160 people
>within a 350m radius were evacuated, and people between 350m and 10km were
>advised to stay inside (with doors and windows closed).
>
>Official notifications were reportedly slow but news articles did not indicate
>most elapsed times. City officials were apparently told almost an hour after
>the first critical excursion. Radiological responders were apparently
>from the
>plant and presumably activated immediately. Other in-field and city
>responders
>were apparently from the civil police, civil firefighters, and
>army. Naturally
>they weren't activated until official notifications were made. One or more
>Japanese authorities requested US experiential information but it seems
>doubtful
>it was very useful in shutting down the reaction.
>
>One would expect the system to oscillate (or pulse) between super- and
>sub-critical states, or to shut itself down quickly. However, the system
>apparently settled into a quasi-steady-state for almost 20 hours.
>
>Tokyo Electric Power Company rushed some 880 lbs of borated material [boric
>acid?] to the JCO plant. However, responders could not use it right away
>because they had no readily apparent means of remotely adding the neutron
>absorber to the tank.
>
>Dr. Komuro wrote: It took about 3 hours to drain cooling water from a water
>jacket around the tank. At 02:35 Oct. 1st, two workers with radiation
>protection
>coveralls took some pictures of a cooling-water-drain-valve outside the
>building
>in which the nuclear criticality accident occurred. The area where the valve
>was highly contaminated [I think he means highly radioactive]. Although they
>stayed in the area only 3 minutes, one of them received 11.92mSv gamma and
>91.2mSv neutron. At 03:00 another two workers went to a pump yard(?) and
>confirmed a cooling-water-circulation-pump(s) was working well. At 03:22
>another two workers opened the valve. However responders could not
>confirm that
>water was successfully discharged from the water jacket. Finally other
>workers
>cut a drain pipe outside at the valves up-stream side, and injected gas. At
>06:00 responders confirmed cooling water was exhausted. The tank was finally
>subcritical. 18 workers total were involved in draining the water jacket.
>
>Apparently responders added boron to the system. Officials declared the
>system
>safely subcritical at 9:20am Oct. 1st. I do not know what prompted premature
>news reports that the reaction had terminated at various times after 6:30pm
>Sept. 30th.
>
>Fission yields are not specified for any pulse or for the reaction duration.
>After the first pulse, the maximum neutron dose reported was 4.5mSv/hr, but
>detector location with respect to the tank is not indicated.
>
>Apparently regulators declared this a Level 4 incident using the IAEA
>guidelines. Their basis was radiation exposures to two operators and to two
>off-facility people. The building suffered no mechanical damage but
>filters did
>not trap fission products. Essentially all fission products were released to
>the atmosphere. Officials warned people they should not eat produce or drink
>milk from the area until testing was complete. [However, I?m not certain why
>they thought this accident would release enough to be harmful.]
>
>Accident investigation for response decisions began immediately. Further
>investigation apparently began the afternoon of October 1st. JCO conducted an
>in-house investigation and apparently police are conducting much of the
>official
>investigation. One news article indicated police raided JCO offices [is this
>anything like the USA FBI raiding DOE's Rocky Flats site years ago?].
>
>MISCELLANEOUS consequences and reactions:
>Tokaimura resident attitudes range from calm to angry about nuclear
>safety, but
>few
> are concerned about long-term radiological effects
>Greenpeace is sending people to survey Tokaimura
>Japanese, USA, and UK programs will be reviewed in light of the accident
>If USA experience is indicative, the JCO plant's entire safety basis will be
>scrutinized
> and reworked
>Stock in JCO's parent company is apparently dropping.
>Japan might review its nuclear policy but dramatic changes are doubtful
>US President Clinton threatened (or did) veto a bill regarding Yucca Mountain
> and nuclear waste
>
>
>
>=================================
>II. Dr. KOMURA?s 2nd, 3rd and 4th EMAIL MESSAGES
>=================================
>
>
> >From Yuichi Komuro <komuro@jrr3fep2.tokai.jaeri.go.jp> on 10/02/99
> 01:00am GMT
> Subject: 3rd information on the accident in Japan
>
>The source of the following information is "Mainichi Shinbun" news paper
>(in Japanese) of October 1, evening version.
>
> It took about 3 hours to drain cooling water from a water jacket around the
>solution tank. At 02:35 a.m. 1st of October, two workers with radiation
>protection coveralls took some pictures of a cooling-water-drain-valve
>outside the building in which the nuclear criticality accident occurred.
>The area where the valve was highly contaminated. Although they stayed in
>the area only 3 minutes, one of them received 11.92 mSv of Gamma-ray and
>91.2 mSv of neutron. At 03:00 a.m. other two workers went to a pump yard
>(?) and they confirmed that a cooling-water-circulation-pums(s) was working
>well. At 03:22 a.m. other two workers opened the valve. However it could
>not be confirmed that water was successfully discharged from the water
>jacket. Finally other workers cut a drain pipe outside at the upper stream
>side of the valve and injected gas to assist water discharge. At 06:00
>a.m. it was confirmed cooling water was exhausted and then the tank became
>subcritical state. This water-drain was performed by 18 workers in total.
>
>I hope you find this information useful.
>
>Sincerely yours,
>Yuichi Komuro
>Department of Research Reactor
>Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
>Tokai-mura, Naka-gun,
>Ibaraki-ken, 319-1195
>JAPAN
>e-mail : komuro@jrr3fep2.tokai.jaeri.go.jp
>telephone :+81-29-282-5823 (new)
>fax : +81-29-282-6763 (new)
>
>
>
>
> >From Yuichi Komuro <komuro@jrr3fep2.tokai.jaeri.go.jp> on 10/03/99
> 02:54am GMT
>Subject: 4th information
>
>Sorry, I have no detailed technical information such as uranium chemical
>composition, uranium concentration and tank geometry, since I am not a
>member of advisory experts team. In the near future, an official report
>concerning the Japan's worst nuclear accident will be issued.
>
>1) Two of three workers of JCO received 17Sv and 10 Sv, respectively.
>
>2) Information shown below is from "The Daily Yomiuri On-line" of 3rd of
>October.
>
>
>JCO admits procedures violated
> N-facilities law
>
>Yomiuri Shimbun
>
>MITO -- JCO Co., which operates the uranium-processing
>facility in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, where Japan's
>worst nuclear accident occurred Thursday, revealed
>Saturday it had followed an internal procedural manual for
>processing nuclear fuel that did not meet legal
> requirements.
>
>The company also acknowledged it had handled a solution
>of uranium oxide and nitric acid on Wednesday using the
>same method employed on the day of the accident.
>
>Managers of the facility allegedly gave their tacit approval
>for the nonstandard processing of uranium.
>
>At a press conference held at Ibaraki prefectural
>government offices, JCO said the procedural manual
>stipulated that 10-liter stainless containers be used when
> mixing uranium oxide into a nitric acid solution.
>
>However, the use of such containers is not approved by
>the law governing nuclear reactors and facilities.
>
> JCO's Tokaimura office compiled a procedural manual in
> line with the law in 1989, but revised the manual in
>October 1997 to allow the use of stainless containers.
>
>The company, however, did not submit the necessary
>documentation on the proposed revisions to the Science
>and Technology Agency for approval and therefore the
>procedure was not screened by the agency.
>
> "Stainless containers are easy to use, and workers had
>been using them for four to five years before the revisions
>to the manual were made," Hiroyuki Ogawa, a JCO official,
>said at the press conference. "The revisions were
>approved by the production manager at the Tokaimura
> office."
>
> He added, "When uranium oxide is mixed with nitric acid in
>a stainless container, toxic gas will be produced and
>create safety problems. Even if the company filed an
>application for revisions (to the manual), it would not have
> been approved."
>
>JCO also said four stainless containers of uranium oxide
>solution and nitric acid were poured into the sedimentation
>tank on Wednesday. The solution contained 9.2 kilograms
>of uranium.
>
> On Thursday, three containers of the solution containing
>6.9 kilograms of uranium were added to the tank,
>triggering a nuclear fission chain reaction.
>
>Ogawa said the company was still investigating why the
>workers bypassed some of the procedures and poured the
>solution into the sedimentation tank.
>
> "To balance the concentration of uranium oxide in the nitric
>acid solution takes three hours if the stipulated procedure
>is followed and the solution is put through a dissolution
>tank," Ogawa said. "It takes about 30 minutes if the
>sedimentation tank with the churning device is used."
>
> Ibaraki prefectural police, meanwhile, questioned Yutaka
>Yokokawa, 54, one of the three workers exposed to
> radiation in the accident. Yokokawa's symptoms are
>relatively light.
>
>"We have (previously) processed more uranium than
>regulations permitted for one operation," Yokokawa was quoted as saying to
>police. "We followed the manual
>unilaterally set by the company."
>
>Yokokawa told police that the workers skipped some of the
>procedures because "they were in a hurry."
>
>Copyright 1999 The Yomiuri Shimbun
>
>Sincerely yours,
>Yuichi Komuro
>
>
>
>
>
>FROM Yuichi Komuro of 10/01/99 05:33am GMT
>Subject: next information on the accident
>
>Please note that the following information are not official. I hope these
>information will help your work.
>
>1) Operators did not observe an authorized procedure. If they observed the
>procedure, uranium solution six times more than the limited value, 2.4kg
>(solution weight ?, uranium metal weight ? Sorry I don't know.), could not put
>into the tank the accident occurred.
>
>Operators mixed uranium (U3O8 ?, UO2 ?) and nitrate aqueous solution in a
>stainless steel vessel. At that time uranium concentration and solution
>volume
>was not measured. Then the mixture was directly put into the tank by using a
>funnel. These were not authorized procedures at all.
>
>2) At 09:20 a.m. October 1, The Nuclear Safety Committee declared that the
>system became subcritical state. This is an official information.
>
>3) In this morning, boron-water was sprayed into the room the accident
>occurred.
>
>4) It can be considered that after the first nuclear excursion, the tank with
>remaining solution had been at the critical state until early in the morning.
>Until this morning, neutron monitors around the facility had indicated values
>more than that at normal condition. Just after the accident occurred, the
>maximum indication of a neutron monitor was 4.5 ms/h.
>
>5) JCO has a facility that conversions UF6 to UO2 powder for LWR (less than 5%
>uranium enrichment) and FBR (less than 20%). No conversion operation to UO2
>powder for FBR has been performed for about three years.
>
>6) The Scientific and Technology Agency of Japan tentatively evaluated
>that the
>international accidental level for the accident was "4" and the Japanese
>government informed the level value to IAEA. Reasons for "level 4" are
>(1) two
>operators received significant exposures and (2) some ordinary (common ?)
>people
>outside the facility received exposures.
>
>7) The building has no significant mechanical damage. It can be
>considered that
>FP were released from a stack. Filter could not trap FP.
>
>8) People in the circle with 350m radius have evacuated since yesterday
>afternoon. People in the circle with 10km radius should be at home.
>
>Thanks,
>Yuichi Komuro
>
>
>
>
>
>
>=================================
>III. NEWS ARTICLE URLs
>=================================
>
>
>all websites below accessed 99/10/04 between 0730 and 1730 hours MDT
>
>
>
>991004 all times are GMT+8, (AFP unless otherwise indicated)
>6:52PM - Japanese doctors prepare transplant for critical nuclear victim
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/041099/news/939034320-91004105211.newsasia.
>html
>6:44PM - Standard and Poor's warns of Sumitomo downgrade after nuclear
>accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/041099/news/939033840-91004104400.newsasia.
>html
>4:16PM - Greenpeace says Japanese accident site still radioactive
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/041099/news/939024960-91004081634.newsasia.
>html
>3:39PM - Japan's premier must act to escape fallout of nuke accident: analysts
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/041099/news/939022740-91004073923.newsasia.
>html
>12:52PM - Japan's police quiz managers at nuclear leak plant
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/041099/news/939012720-91004045211.newsasia.
>html
>4:10AM - Japan Experts Say No Danger Of Radiation Spread (Reuters)
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991004/sc/nuclear_japan_8.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/wl/nuclear_japan_23.html
>
>991003 all times are GMT+8, all stories are from Japan (AFP)
>unless otherwise indicated
>1:12PM - Japan launches probe into its worst nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/031099/news/938927520-91003051209.newsasia.
>html
>10:54AM - Stupidity of Japan's nuclear disaster stuns experts
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/031099/news/938919240-91003025454.newsasia.
>html
>10:15AM - Plant operator admits illegal manual in nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/031099/news/938916900-91003021545.newsasia.
>html
>
>991002 all times are GMT+8 (AFP unless otherwise indicated)
>9:40PM EDT - Japan Lifts Nuclear Plant Advisory
> By KATSUMI KASAHARA Associated Press Writer
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19991002/ts/japan_nuclear_accident_36.html
>5:39PM - Japan lifts last evacuation order after worst nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/021099/news/938857140-91002093921.newsasia.
>html
>10:59PM - Life returns to normal in Japanese town after worst nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/021099/news/938833140-91002025946.newsasia.
>html
>10:42PM - Japan to upgrade measures against nuclear accidents: reports
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/021099/news/938832120-91002024221.newsasia.
>html
>12:41AM - Japan accident worst since Chernobyl: IAEA - VIENNA
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/021099/news/938796060-91001164143.newsasia.
>html
>
>991001 all times are GMT+8 (AFP unless otherwise indicated)
>9:36PM - Japanese accident highlights Europe's nuclear dilemma - PARIS
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938784960-91001133633.newsasia.
>html
>7:00PM - Japanese rush to hospital to check radiation after nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938775600-91001110041.newsasia.
>html
>4:08PM - Japan admits it was slow to cope with worst nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938765280-91001080803.newsasia.
>html
>2:26PM - Residents safe to leave homes after nuclear accident, Japan says
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938759160-91001062642.newsasia.
>html
>12:52PM - Japanese papers demand thorough investigation into nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938753520-91001045232.newsasia.
>html
>12:46PM - Residents furious and terrified at Japan's worst nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938753160-91001044650.newsasia.
>html
>12:20PM - Safety questions raised over Japan's massive nuclear power programme
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938751600-91001042019.newsasia.
>html
>11:44AM - Japan's second shipment of recycled nuclear fuel delivered
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938749440-91001034410.newsasia.
>html
> Japanese continuing with MOX fuel option
>10:43AM - Japan struggles to cope with worst nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938745780-91001024357.newsasia.
>html
>7:20AM - Uranium reaction triggers nuclear emergency in Japan
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938733600-90930232016.newsasia.
>html
>6:18AM - Japan declares halt to critical nuclear reaction: report
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938729880-90930221832.newsasia.
>html
>4:49 AM EDT - Japan's Nuclear Accident: What Can Go Wrong, Will
> By LINDA SIEG, Tokyo (Reuters)
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/sc/nuclear_japan_4.html
>3:23AM - US, Russia ready to send joint team to deal with Japan's nuclear
>mishap
>- WASHINGTON
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938719380-90930192302.newsasia.
>html
>2:47AM - Uranium leak triggers nuclear emergency in Japan
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938717220-90930184755.newsasia.
>html
>1:34AM - Clinton pledges help to Japan in wake of nuclear mishap - WASHINGTON
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938712840-90930173447.newsasia.
>html
>1:24AM - URGENTUS offers help in Japanese nuclear accident: report -
>WASHINGTON
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938712240-90930172426.newsasia.
>html
>1:18AM - Workers' mistake causes Japanese nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938711880-90930171846.newsasia.
>html
>1:05AM - Japan calls in army to help with nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938711100-90930170508.newsasia.
>html
>12:59AM - Critical-mass accidents -- generally less nightmarish than their
>name
>- PARIS
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938710740-90930165902.newsasia.
>html
>
>990930 all times are GMT+8 (AFP unless otherwise indicated)
>11:58PM - Japanese nuclear accident exposes 14 to radiation
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938707080-90930155838.newsasia.
>html
>11:56PM - Uranium leak triggers "unprecedented" nuclear emergency in Japan
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938706960-90930155619.newsasia.
>html
>9:53PM - Thousands warned to stay inside near nuclear site
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938699580-90930135321.newsasia.
>html
>9:21PM - Japan's government says nuclear accident unprecedented
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938697660-90930132122.newsasia.
>html
>6:43PM EDT - Workers Hurt at Japan Uranium Plant
> By SHIHOKO GOTO Associated Press Writer
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19990930/wl/japan_nuclear_accident_12.html
>5:44PM EDT - Nuclear Processing Can Get Out Of Control, Fast
> by PATRICK CONNOLE, Washington
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/sc/nuclear_japan_2.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/sc/nuclear_japan_3.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/sc/nuclear_japan_1.html
> compares Japanese accident with Woodriver Junction accident (1964)
>4:22PM - Greenpeace says nuclear accident exposes poor safety in Japan
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938679720-90930082233.newsasia.
>html
>2:21PM - Fifty families evacuated in Japanese nuclear accident
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938672460-90930062111.newsasia.
>html
>11:11AM EDT - Three Hurt at Japan Uranium Plant
> By KOZO MIZOGUCHI Associated Press Writer
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19990930/wl/japan_nuclear_accident_5.html
>9:45AM EDT - Workers Hurt in Japan Uranium Plant
> By KOZO MIZOGUCHI Associated Press Writer
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19990930/wl/japan_nuclear_accident_3.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19990930/ts/japan_nuclear_accident_10.html
>
>(Kyoda News Online)
>991004
> 23:45 Gov't to mull ways to compensate Tokaimura residents
> 23:12 2nd JCO worker to get transfusion at Tokyo U. hospital -CHIBA
> 23:10 Gov't to mandate inspections of nuclear fuel plants
> 13:00 Obuchi orders safety checkups at nuclear facilities
> 11:04 Evacuation order delayed after nuclear accident
> http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/conciseStory#19991004825
> http://home.kyodo.co.jp:80/cgi-bin/briefsStory
>
>(Japan Times Online)
>991004 - JCO chief admits workers were poorly trained
> - Emergency checks start at other facilities
> - Blame state for nuclear accident: symposium
> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/news10-99/news.html#story1
>
>(Yomiuri Shimbun [online newspaper])
>991004 - More medical tests scheduled
> - JCO worker admits to slapdash practices
> - Exposure 17,000 times average
> - Lax supervision, rules led to N-accident
> by Yukitaka Kitamura and Masaru Kawanishi
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm
>991002 - Worst nuclear accident over 69 exposed to radiation; accident rated 4
>on scale of 7
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1002cr02.htm
> - JCO lacked precautions against chain reaction
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1002cr03.htm
> - 2 workers' condition still serious
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1002cr04.htm
> - Coolant water drained to halt fission reaction
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1002cr05.htm
> - Radiation victim admits bending rules
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1002cr07.htm
> - Govt admits failing to understand seriousness of nuclear accident,
>reacting much too slowly
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1002cr08.htm
> - Fear still strong in Tokaimura
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1002cr10.htm
> - Ibaraki transport services disrupted by accident
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1002cr11.htm
> - Village becomes ghost town in wake of radiation leak
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1002cr13.htm
> - Nuclear plants start taking safety steps
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1002cr14.htm
> Weren't they taking steps before? If yes, reviewing and
> correcting
>or improving steps is more accurate
>991001 - Ibaraki hit by major N-accident
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1001cr02.htm
> - Company unprepared for N-accidents
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1001cr07.htm
>
>
>By LINDA SIEG, Tokyo (Reuters)
>991004 11:23 AM -Japan's new cabinet to start under nuclear clou[d]
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991004/1/8sh9.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991004/wl/nuclear_japan_41.html
>991004 4:49 AM EDT - Japan's Nuclear Accident: What Can Go Wrong, Will
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/sc/nuclear_japan_4.html
>991001 9:12 AM EDT - Japan Lifts Nuke Town Ban, Calm Descends
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/ts/nuclear_japan_28.html
>990930 7:07 PM - FOCUS-Japan suffers worst nuclear plant accident
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8nil.html
>990930 5:18 PM - FOCUS-Japan nuclear plant accident injures 14
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8nb9.html
>
>By TERUAKI UENO, Tokyo (Reuters)
>991003 12:52 PM -Japan opens full-scale nuclear accident probe
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991003/1/8r5e.html
> results include full scale investigation and a separate regulatory raid
> 11:03 AM EDT - Japan In Full-Scale Nuclear Accident Probe
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991003/ts/nuclear_japan_54.html
> http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9910/03/nuclear.japan.reut/index.html
>b 8:23 AM -Japan launches full-scale nuclear accident pr[obe]
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991003/1/8qw6.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991003/ts/nuclear_japan_51.html
>
>(Reuters)
>991004 6:22 AM (9:58 AM EDT)- Japan govt approved lax nuclear plant plan-Kyodo
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991003/1/8qua.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991002/wl/nuclear_safety_1.html
>
>(Washington Post)
>991003 - Atomic Plant in Japan Used Illegal Process, 'Faster' Procedure
>Resulted
>in Accident
> By KATHRYN TOLBERT and DOUG STRUCK, p A23
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-10/03/181l-100399-idx.html
>991002 - Japan Says Nuclear Danger Over, Police Investigate Suspected
>Negligence
>at Uranium Plant
> By KATHRYN TOLBERT and DOUG STRUCK
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-10/02/063l-100299-idx.html
>991001 - Nuclear Accident Stuns Japan
> By KATHRYN TOLBERT and SHIGEHIKO TOGO
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-10/01/191l-100199-idx.html
>
>By CLAY CHANDLER, Tokyo (Washington Post Online)
>991002 - For Relaxed Residents Near Nuclear Plant, It Was Mostly Another
>Dog Day
> p A17
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-10/02/090l-100299-idx.html
>
>By ERIKO SUGITA, Mito Japan (Reuters)
>991002 8:52 PM (8:09AM EDT)- Japan nuclear evacuees go home, outrage persists
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991002/1/8qi9.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991002/ts/nuclear_japan_40.html
> 55 exposed
> 3 workers still critical: 2 might need bone marrow transplants, 1
> received transfusions
> buckets used to transfer materials????
>
>(South China Morning Post)
>991002 - Safety review pledged after radiation leak
>
>http://www.scmp.com/News/Asia/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-19991002025829
>998.asp
> - Handling mistake scientists have dreaded for years
>
>http://www.scmp.com/News/Asia/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-19991002025806
>523.asp
> - Authorities again found wanting in crisis despite lessons of Kobe
>
>http://www.scmp.com/News/Asia/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-19991002025809
>052.asp
> - Expert rules out long-term effects
>
>http://www.scmp.com/News/Asia/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-19991002025819
>588.asp
> tries but not successful distinguishing between in- and out-of-reactor
>accidents
> - Workers 'ignored basic guidelines' by LINDA SIEG
>
>http://www.scmp.com/News/Asia/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-19991002025823
>694.asp
>
>By PATRICK MCGOWAN (London Evening Standard)
>991001 12:03 PM - Fears ease for Japan nuclear leak
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991001/29/8o5o.html
> exposed: 46 workers, 3 fireman, 7 people at nearby golf course
> apparently 2 workers received in excess of LD50
> apparently pressure from critical excursion ruptured tank
>
>By YVONNE CHANG (Reuters)
>991001 9:48 AM -Japan lifts order on nuclear town residents
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991001/1/8ny0.html
>991001 8:59 AM -Japan nuclear reaction halted, govt ashamed
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991001/1/8nw3.html
>991001 4:48 AM -Japan says nuclear reaction halted for now
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991001/1/8nsc.html
>991001 3:48 AM -Japan hit by worst-ever nuclear accident
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991001/1/8nrn.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_21.html
>991001 12:48AM - WRAPUP-Japan hit by worst-ever nuclear accident
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8noh.html
>990930 7:02 PM EDT - Japan Nuclear Accident Raises Safety Fears
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_5.html
>990930 4:11 PM EDT - Twenty-One Hurt In Japanese Nuclear Accident
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_14.html
>
>(CNN)
>ongoing message board: Japan uranium leak
> http://community.cnn.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.ee938a1
>991003 2046 GMT - Residents living near Japan's nuclear accident site
>returning
>home
> http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9910/02/japan.nuclear/
>991002 0337 GMT - Japanese seek to explain nuclear accident, prevent
>recurrence
> http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9910/01/japan.nuclear.03/
> animated map
>991001 0655 GMT - Nuclear chain reaction halted at Japanese uranium plant
> http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9909/30/japan.nuclear.07/
> good plant picture but might be file footage
> - Thousands told to stay indoors after Japan nuclear accident
> http://cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9909/30/japan.nuclear.04/
>990930 - Workers battle nuclear reaction at Japanese uranium plant
> http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9909/30/japan.nuclear.05/
>
>(The Independent)
>991001 12:26 AM - Radiation Leak: A Flash Of Blue Light, And Japan Is
> Forced To Confront A Nuclear Nightmare Once More
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/11/8noz.html
>
>990930 (Reuters)
>10:48 PM - Japan nuclear recovery operation goes slowly
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8nlb.html
>10:48 PM - Radiation Level at Japan Nuclear Facility Falls
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8nlc.html
>8:38 PM - Japan evacuates 60 people in nuclear accident
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8nk8.html
>7:28 PM - Japan Says Chain Reaction At Plant Appears Over
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_20.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/ts/nuclear_japan_26.html
>6:37 PM EDT - Japan Says Neutron Levels Fall At Nuclear Facility
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_18.html
>5:47 PM - NHK TV Says 19 Exposed in Japan Nuclear Accident
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8nf2.html
>12:42 PM EDT Japan Nuclear Accident Now Exposes 19 - NHK
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_10.html
>4:48 PM - Japan to seek US military aid on nuclear accident
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8n9p.html
>3:59 PM - Japan says nuclear accident may be continuing
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8n7l.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_6.html
>3:00 PM - Japan cabinet move postponed after nuclear accident
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8n5a.html
>1:32 PM EDT - Japan Evacuates 60 People In Nuclear Accident
> By ELAINE LIES
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_12.html
>8:50 AM - FOCUS-Japan nuclear accident injures three
> By ELAINE LIES
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/990930/1/8mgi.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_4.html
> what a surname for a reporter
>
>By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Tokyo (New York Times on the web, Registration required)
>991004 - Under Pressure, Japanese Nuclear Workers Were Lax, Report Says
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/100499japan-nuclear.html
>991003 - Questions for Japan After Nuclear Accident
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/100399japan-nuke-assess.html
> - Video Version of Hot Line Lets Cold War Foes Expand Joint Nuclear
>Safety
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/global/100399russia-hotline.html
>991002 - Nuclear Peril Is Over but Japanese Anger Isn't
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/100299japan-nuke.html
>991001 - Japanese Fuel Plant Spews Radiation After Accident
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/100199japan-nuke.html
> good maps!
> - An Intricate Process Breaks Down
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/100199japan-nuke.2.GIF.html
> fuel-fabrication-scrap recovery description
> - A Flash, and an Uncontrolled Chain Reaction
> By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD and MATTHEW L. WALD
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/100199japan-reaction.html
> possible non-technical physics explanation of reaction, not of causes
> - Risk Varies for Those Exposed
> By NICHOLAS WADE
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/100199japan-sickness.html
> - U.S. Is an Inspector With Its Own Problems
> By MATTHEW L. WALD
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/global/100299us-nuke.html
>
>(Chicago Tribune)
>991004 - Japan's Probe of Nuclear Leak Looks at Alleged Illegal Manual
> By MICHAEL A. LEV,
>
>http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/article/0,2669,SAV-9910040118,FF
>.html
>991003 - Japan Shocked at Nuclear Blunder, Official Lashes 'Contempt'
>Shown for
>Area's Safety
> By MICHAEL A. LEV,
>
>http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/article/0,2669,SAV-9910030395,FF
>.html
>991003 - Evacuation Order Lifted, But Danger at Nuclear Error Grows
>
>http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/article/0,2669,SAV-9910030427,FF
>.html
> "danger" part of headline does not make sense and is not supported by
> text
>991001 - Human Factor Can Cancel Safeguards at Times, Redundant Protections
> Can't Stop Errors, Experts Say
> By PETER KENDALL
>
>http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/article/0,2669,SAV-9910010076,FF
>.html
>
>By MICHIYO NAKAMOTO, Tokyo (Financial Times)
>991004 - Plant flouted nuclear safety rules
> http://www.ft.com/nbearchive/email-enq19d446.htm
>
>By KOJI SASAHARA, Tokaimura Japan (AP)
>991004 - Japan Inquiry Focuses on Missteps
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19991004/wl/japan_nuclear_accident_42.html
>
>(Los Angeles Times)
>991001 - Nuclear Incident Evokes Empathy, Pain Among Japanese Americans
> http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/NATION/UPDATES/lat_reax991001.htm
> - Japanese Officials Admit Poor Response to Atomic Accident
> http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/NATION/UPDATES/ap_jnuke991001.htm
> - Dozens Hurt in Japan's Worst Nuclear Accident
> http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/NATION/UPDATES/lat_jnuke991001.htm
> - Radiation Risk to Japan Public May Be Minimal
> http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/NATION/UPDATES/lat_health991001.htm
>
>By SHARON MOSHAVI (Boston Globe)
>991001 - Leak spews radiation in Japan
>
>http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/274/nation/Leak_spews_radiation_in_Japan+
>.shtml
>
>By MICHAEL MILLETT, Tokyo (Sydney Morning Herald)
>991004 - N-plant firm admits bending rules
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/04/world/world1.html
>991002 - Thousands hit by nuclear fallout
> http://www.theage.com.au/daily/991002/news/news4.html
> Fallout?!?!? and talk about sensationalized!!!
>991002 - Nuclear damage won't be known for years
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/02/pageone/pageone1.html
>
>(American Broadcasting Corporation)
>991003 - Who
>?s to Blame?
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/japannuclear991003.html
>991001 - Residents Near Nuclear Accident Fearful Despite Assurances
>
>http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/japannuclear991001_people.html
> - Returning to Normality
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/japanII991001.html
>
>(MSNBC)
>991004 - Missteps focus of Japan nuke probe
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/317493.asp
>990930 - A different focus for nuclear concern, Japanese incident echoes
> similar accidents in industry?s past
> By ROBERT HAGER
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/317609.asp
> good fuel cycle graphic
>
>(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation?)
>991004 - Japan orders inspections of all nuclear plants
>
>http://cbcnews.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/1999/10/04/japan991004
>991001 - Nuclear accident in Japan is the country's worst
>
>http://www.cbcnews.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/1999/09/30/japan
>_nuclear990930
>
>(Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
>991002 - Thousands rush for radiation checks after Japan accident
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/1999/10/item19991001061124_1.htm
>
>(BBC Online)
>991004 13:30 GMT - Nuclear safety checks in Japan
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_464000/464725.stm
>991004 15:55 GMT - Life 'returning to normal'
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_464000/464833.stm
> after initial fears, residents do not seem worried about long-term
> effects
>991003 08:04 GMT - Nuclear accident plant broke rules
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_463000/463905.stm
>991002 12:49 GMT - Pressure on Japan's nuclear industry
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_463000/463661.stm
>991002 12:32 GMT - Nuclear accident inquiry begins
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_463000/463334.stm
>991001 17:12 GMT - In pictures: Japan's worst nuclear accident
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462003.stm
>991001 14:47 GMT - Residents' fear and anger
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462826.stm
>991001 14:46 GMT - Japan nuclear town 'safe'
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462090.stm
>991001 14:08 GMT - US and Russia to help Japan
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462380.stm
>991001 11:07 GMT - A classic case of human error
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_461000/461738.stm
>
>By JULIET HINDELL, Tokyo (BBC/The Daily Telegraph/National Post Online)
>991002 - Employees mixed uranium solution in bucket by hand
> http://www.nationalpost.com/news.asp?f=991002/92548&s2=world
>991001 - Disaster fear after blast hits N-plant
>
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000181711402826&rtmo=qsRXdxL9&atmo=9999
>9999&pg=/et/991001/wtok01.html
>
>By AISLING IRWIN (The Daily Telegraph, Issue 1589)
>991001 - Lessons of Chernobyl 'not been learned'
>
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000181711402826&rtmo=Lihdyl7d&atmo=9999
>9999&pg=/et/991001/wtok101.html
> ??a true nuclear explosion?? Author doesn't know
> difference between an excursion and explosion
>
>(The Daily Telegraph, Issue 1589)
>991001 - Where the risks have been real
>
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000181711402826&rtmo=0XRibJXq&atmo=9999
>9999&pg=/et/991001/wtok201.html
> OK, now compare number and consequences of these worst experienced
> nuclear
>events,
> with number and consequences of petroleum industry accidents
>
>(Greenpeace Press Releases)
>991001 - Greenpeace to Send International Team to Japan
> http://www.greenpeace.org/pressreleases/nucreact/1999oct1.html
> talk about more help than one know's how to use!
>
>(ninemsn, AAP)
>991002 7:34 am AEST - Residents emerge after Japan nuclear terror
> http://news.ninemsn.com.au/03_world/story_7004.asp
>
>By NICOLE GAOUETTE (Christian Science Monitor)
>991001 - Fallout of Japan's nuclear policy
> http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/10/01/fp6s1-csm.shtml
>
>JCO plant's parent company: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
> http://www.gcis.com/japan/ar/aj5713e.htm
>
>REACTION AND RIPPLE-EFFECT ELSEWHERE
>991004 - Global fears for nuclear safety
> By JONATHAN WATTS and PAUL BROWN (Sydney Morning Herald, The
>Guardian)
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/04/world/world2.html
>991004 - Public questions nuclear safety policies
> By NICOLE GAOUETTE (The Christian Science Monitor)
> http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/10/04/p7s1.htm
>991004 8:22 AM GMT+8 - Fearful Japan says to check all nuclear facilities
> By TERUAKI UENO, Tokyo (Reuters)
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/991004/1/8s65.html
> authorities launch nation-wide safety check
>991002 1:53AM GMT+8 - Clinton orders nuclear safety review after Japan
>mishap -
>WASHINGTON
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/021099/news/938800380-91001175330.newsasia.
>html
>991001 - Clinton Orders Review Of U.S. Nuclear Safety
> By RANDALL MIKKELSEN
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/ts/nuclear_clinton_2.html
>991002 12:34 AM EDT - Clinton Vows To Veto Nuclear Waste Storage Bill
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991002/pl/clinton_nuclear_2.html
>991002 - It couldn't happen here - could it?
> By JOSEPH KERR (Sydney Morning Herald)
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/02/pageone/pageone2.html
>991001 - Nuke Accident Hurts Sumitomo Metal Stock
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/bs/nuclear_sumitomo_1.html
>991001 - Emergency Similar to One in Japan Less Likely in U.S.
> http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/NATION/UPDATES/lat_usnuke991001.htm
>991001 10:38 AM EDT - Japan Accident Sparks Mixed Reaction In Europe
> By ADAM TANNER, Berlin (Reuters)
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/wl/nuclear_japan_24.html
>991001 17:46 GMT - Could the UK suffer a nuclear accident?
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_462000/462720.stm
>991001 - Earthlife Africa Responds To Nuclear Accident
> http://www.africanews.org/PANA/news/19991001/feat18.html
>990930 - Tokaimura Nuclear Accident Exposes Japan's Failed Safety Culture on
> Eve of Arrival of Plutonium Shipment
> http://www.greenpeace.org/pressreleases/nucreact/1999sep30.html
>990930 12:23 PM EDT - France Says Japan Nuclear Accident 60th Since 1945
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_9.html
> count of 33 mixes apples (out-of-reactor) and
> oranges (in-ractor or -critical assembly), misses
> that there are nonUSA accidents listed in USA report,
> and then counts only 19 Russian 'apples'
>990930 11:53 AM EDT - U.S. Watching Japan Nuclear Accident Closely
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_7.html
>
>____________________________________________________________________________
>
>
>all websites below accessed 99/10/01 between 0200 and 0900 hours MDT
>
> http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/Press/P_release/1999/prn1299.shtml
> http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/Press/P_release/1999/japan_incident.shtml
>
> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/news9-99/news.html#story2
> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/news9-99/news.html#story1
> http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news_photos?p=japan+nuclear&c=&n=10
>
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm
>
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19990930/aponline185721_000.htm
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/world/093099/japan_marian.sml
> http://www.foxnews.com/world/093099/japan_nuclearfrance.sml
> http://www.foxnews.com/world/093099/japan_nuclearside_fno.sml
> (what 33 process accidents in US? I counted 7!)
> http://www.foxnews.com/world/093099/japan_nuclearuk.sml
> http://www.foxnews.com/world/093099/japan_nuclear.sml
>
> http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/conciseStory#19991001832
> http://home.kyodo.co.jp
>
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938775600-91001110041.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938765280-91001080803.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938753520-91001045232.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938753160-91001044650.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938751600-91001042019.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938749440-91001034410.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938745780-91001024357.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938759160-91001062642.newsasia.
>html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/ts/japan_nuclear_9.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/19990930/ts/mdf14885.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/ts/nuclear_japan_27.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/ts/nuclear_japan_24.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/ts/nuclear_japan_22.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/ts/nuclear_japan_20.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/ts/nuclear_japan_19.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/ts/nuclear_japan_18.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/ts/nuclear_japan_17.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/ts/nuclear_japan_14.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/ts/nuclear_japan_11.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/ts/japan_nuclear_10.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_6.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991001/ts/japan_nuclear_5.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_4.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19990930/ts/japan_nuclear_accident.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_2.html
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990930/wl/nuclear_japan_1.html
> http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/World/Nuclear_Waste/
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19990930/wl/japan_nuclear_glance_1.html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938733600-90930232016.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938729880-90930221832.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938719380-90930192302.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938717220-90930184755.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938712840-90930173447.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938712240-90930172426.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938712840-90930173447.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938711880-90930171846.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938711100-90930170508.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/011099/news/938710740-90930165902.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938707080-90930155838.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938706960-90930155619.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938699580-90930135321.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938697660-90930132122.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938679720-90930082233.newsasia.
>html
>
>http://asia.yahoo.com/headlines/300999/news/938672460-90930062111.newsasia.
>html
> http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/991001/hq.html Apparently some Ukrainians are
>worried!
> http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/991001/g8.html
> http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/991001/gu.html
> http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/991001/fz.html
> http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/991001/f0.html
>
>
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/local/state/new_mexico/story.html?s=v/
>rs/19991001/nm/index_1.html#1
>
>
>
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/local/state/arizona/story.html?s=v/rs/
>19991001/az/index_1.html#2
>
>
>
> http://msnbc.com/news/317493.asp?cp1=1#BODY
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/317493.asp?cp1=1
>
> http://www.cbs.com/flat/story_189822.html
> http://www.cbs.com/flat/story_189942.html
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap19991001_215.html
> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap19991001_140.html
> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap19991001_129.html
> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap19990930_1595.html
> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap19990930_1606.html
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/japan991001_nuclear.html
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/japannuclear990930.html
>
>http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/japannuclear990930_people.html
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/japannukes990930.html
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462826.stm
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462743.stm
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462380.stm
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462366.stm
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462090.stm
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462003.stm
>(photos)
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_461000/461943.stm
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_461000/461738.stm
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/medical_notes/newsid_461000/461921.stm
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_461000/461446.stm
>
> http://cnn.com/audioselect
> http://www.cnn.com
> http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9910/01/japan.nuclear.01
> http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9909/30/nuclear.victims.ap 800rem
> exposure to
>2 workers
> http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9909/30/radiation.sickness general info on rad
>exposure affects
> http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9909/30/japan.nuclear.06
> http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9909/30/japan.nuclear.06/#1
> http://www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/east/9909/30/japan.accidents.reut
> http://community.cnn.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.ee938a1
>
> http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/ASECTION/t000087905.html
> http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/ASECTION/t000087903.html this ain?t
>commercial fuel!
> http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/ASECTION/t000087886.html
> http://www.mercurycenter.com/premium/front/docs/explain01.htm
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991001/aponline014220_000.htm
>writer seems unaware that some parts of fuel fabrication and fuel reprocessing
>are alike
>
>http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/1001/n_ap_1001_27.sml
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19990930/aponline222658_000.htm
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19990930/aponline222555_000.htm
>
>http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/0930/n_rt_0930_259
>.sml
>
>http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/0930/n_rt_0930_227
>.sml
>
>http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/0930/n_rt_0930_217
>.sml
>
> http://news.lycos.com/stories/TopNews/19991001SUMM.asp
> http://www.lycos.com/news/flash/tokaimuranukeax.html?v=ng930&lpv=1
> http://news.lycos.com/stories/TopNews/19991001RTNEWS-NUCLEAR-JAPAN.asp
> http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep99/1999L-09-30-01.html
>
> http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/news/news01.html
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