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The second, more serious Tōkai nuclear accident (Japanese: 東海村JCO臨界事故, romanized: Tōkai-mura JCO-rinkai-jiko) occurred about four miles away from the PNC facility on 30 September 1999, at a fuel enrichment plant operated by JCO, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Company. It was the worst civilian nuclear radiation accident ...
Tokaimura, Japan: The criticality accident at the Tokai fuel fabrication facility. [41] Hundreds of people were exposed to radiation and two workers later died. This is not a nuclear power plant accident, however. [45] 2: 4 2002: Onagawa, Japan: Two workers were exposed to a small amount of radiation and suffered minor burns during a fire. [45 ...
Radiation exposures in accidents - Annex C of UNSCEAR 2008 Report (Comprehensive list of accidents with details) "The world's worst nuclear power disasters" . Power Technology . 7 October 2013.
SL-1 accident 1961, January 3 All three of the experimental reactor crew died when the reactor went prompt critical and the core explosively vaporized. 3 Samut Prakan radiation accident: 2000 February Three deaths and ten injuries resulted when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled. [20] 2 Tokaimura nuclear accident, Japan: 1999, September 30
Kazatomprom is a state-owned nuclear holding company in Kazakhstan. Kazatomprom controls all uranium exploration and mining as well as other nuclear-related activities, including imports and exports of nuclear materials in the country. The company accounts for 10% of the world uranium production. It owns a 10% stake in Westinghouse Electric ...
Nuclear Engineering International reported that all four units were successfully automatically shut down, but emergency diesel generators at the site were out of order. [10] People were evacuated around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the plant, due to possible radioactive contamination .
Location of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is an island country located southeast of the Republic of India and northeast of the Maldives.According to the International Monetary Fund, Sri Lanka's GDP in terms of purchasing power parity is second only to the Maldives in the South Asian region in terms of per capita income.
JCO is a Japanese nuclear fuel cycle company established in October 1979 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. as Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Co. 日本核燃料コンバージョン (Nihon Kakunenryō Konbājon). stock capitalization was US$1 billion.