FYI (Thanks to Ron Knief and Joann Wylie for the heads up.)
6 OFFICIALS WERE ARRESTED OCT. 11, 2000 ON PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE CHARGE REGARDING SEPT 30, 1999, JCO CRITICALITY ACCIDENT. Apparently the arrested JCO people included, by functional title:
(1) former chief of the production department
(2) former deputy head of the department,
(3) person who was in charge of production [might be same as (2)]
(4) former head of JCO Co.'s uranium-processing plant
(5) the worker who survived the accident (he was also the group's leader in this case)
(6) former head of a planning group
CHECK OUT THESE WEB PAGES BEFORE THEY ARE REMOVED OR REPLACED:
Daily Yomiuri (in English), story at:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1012cr02.htm
Daily Yomiuri editorial at:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/1012ed20.htm
Kyodo News (in English) stories at
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20001011178
apparently some names and titles were mixed up in above article
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20001011149
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20001011060
Mainchi Daily News (in English) story at
http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/news/archive/200010/12/news01.html
Reuters story at:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/japan_nuke001011.html
AP story at:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001011/wl/japan_nuclear_accident_1.html
OTHER NOT SO NEW NEWS from Kyodo News in English
(a) police were needed to protect stockholders at June 29, 2000, meeting that included JCO's parent Co:
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20000629815
(b) as of Sept 14, 2000, JCO agreed to pay 12.66 billion yen for compensation claims [anybody no the exchange rate to convert this to U.S. $?]
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20000904118
(c1) nuclear accident drill involving 800players held in Tokaimura on Sept. 30, 2000 (accident anniversary)
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20000930082
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20000930041
(c2) nuclear accident drill scheduled for Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 28, 2000
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20000914078
(d) anti-nuke protest/memorial march on Sept. 30, 2000 in Japan
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20000930051
(Mainchi story is at: http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/news/archive/200010/01/news03.html )
(e) telephone survey results (60% Tokaimura residents still fear another accident) [typical, not scientific media survey]
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20000927153
(f) the _reprocessing_ plant in Tokaimura, closed since a fire in March 1997, could reopen in late 2000
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20000709806
(g) Aomori prefectural government signs agreement regarding spent nuclear fuel handling at reprocessing plant in Rokkasho village, Oct 6, 2000
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/cgi-bin/kws.concisestory?id=20001006122