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April 2nd,1979 Two workers suffer radioactive contamination at Tokaimura nuclear complex (Japan) Tokai-kura, Japan - Two workers are exposed to radioactivity. (W.I.S.E. No 5 May-June 1979 p.14) |
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April 2nd,1981 Atomic power plant in Western Japan has been shut down. Tsuruga 1, Tokyo, Japan - An atomic power plant in Western Japan has been shut down because the Japan Atomic Power Company had failed to report a small hair crack in the turbine that resulted in radioactive water leaking from the cooling system, energy officials said today. The Natural Resources and Energy Agency said a team of specialists had been sent to Tsuruga No.1 power plant in Fukui State, to investigate the accident which occurred in January but was only reported yesterday after an employee disclosed the incident to the Nuclear Safety Commission in Tokyo. ("The Age", 3rd April 1981) |
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