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Center for East Asian Studies
East Asian Studies News File
Japanese Nuclear Accident September 30, 1999
October 1, 1999
"Nuclear Accident Stuns Japan; Burst of Radiation Injures Plant Workers, Traps 300,000 Residents"The Washington Post, 10/01/99
"Japan suffers worst-ever nuclear leak" The Straits Times (Singapore), 10/01/99
"NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN JAPAN: THE OVERVIEW; Japanese Fuel Plant Spews Radiation After Accident" The New York Times, 10/01/99
"Dozens Hurt in Japan's Worst Nuclear Accident" The Los Angeles Times, 10/01/99
"Radiation Leak: a flash of blue light, and Japan is forces to confron a nuclear nightmare once more" The Independent (London), 10/01/99
October 2, 1999
"Japan Says Nuclear Danger Over; Police Investigate Suspected Negligence at Uranium Plant " The Washington Post, 10/02/99
"Nuclear Peril over, but Japanese anger isn't" The New York Times, 10/02/99
"Radiation Threat Gone, Japan Says, but Some Skeptical" The Los Angeles Times, 10/02/99
"Fear still strong in Tokaimura" The Daily Yomiuri, 10/02/99
October 3, 1999
"Shortcomings Surface at Nuclear Site" The Los Angeles Times, 10/03/99
