JCO head to resign to take responsibility for accident

JCO head to resign to take responsibility for accident

MITO, Japan - Hiroharu Kitani, president of JCO Co., the operator of the closed Tokaimura uranium processing plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, tells a press conference on Feb. 25 in Mito, the prefecture capital, that he is planning to resign to take responsibility for Japan's worst nuclear accident in September. The accident killed a JCO worker and exposed several dozen others to radiation.

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