THE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN TOKAIMURA, JAPAN 1999

Professor Frigyes Reisch (physics and other aspects)
American Nuclear Society (Valerie L. Putman)
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center (Japan)
Science and Technology Agency, Japan
IAEA, JCO accident information
American Institute of Physics
Science Daily

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A few Japanese newspapers are:
Mainichi Newspapers (JCO blasted for 1st nuke death, Dec. 23
TEPCO shelves nuke fuel plan, Jan. 8
Time bombs add to fears in already tense Tokai, Jan. 11)
Police scour JCO plant in search of evidence, Jan. 19
Tokai bid-rigging adds insult to injury, Jan. 24
Hacker gives Japanese the finger via STA site, Jan. 25
Tokyo cops set up anti-hacker force, Jan. 27
JCO to compensate Tokai cooperative, Jan. 27
Nuclear power policy, Jan. 30
Mie governor burns nuke plan, Febr. 23
Daily Yomiuri (JCO: See Science, Dec. 19
See comments about Y2k and nuclear power etc., Jan. 1)
Japan Times (MOX assured safe for use in Fukui nuclear reactors, Dec. 7
JCO worker succumbs after 83 days, Dec. 22
Drop nuclear safety myth, institute precautions: NSC report, Dec. 24
Nuclear plant jobs lure unwitting day laborers, Dec. 27
Government to set up antihacker task force, Jan. 26
Nuclear policy overhaul set; reactor cutback eyed in energy policy shift, March 10)

A few other articles:
Criticality Accident... (NRPB, Nov. 1999)
Reprocessing plant accident results from improper procedures, Nuclear News, November 1999;42-45.
Company behind Japan nuclear accident eyes comeback (CNN, Jan. 6)