Nuclear nightmare
in one of the worst nuclear accidents in Japan's history, on September 30, high levels of radiation leaked from a uranium processing plant at Tokaimura, some 140 kilometres from Tokyo, exposing around 50 people to radiation, three of whom are said to be in a serious condition. Prior to this accident, there have been five other instances of radiation leaks since 1995.
The accident occurred when workers at the test facility of a Sumitomo Metal Mining Company subsidiary, mixed 16 kg of uranium oxide