Police raid JCO facilities over radiation leak

Police raid JCO facilities over radiation leak

TOKAIMURA, Japan - Police search the nuclear fuel processing factory in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, of JOC Co. on Oct. 6 in connection with Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident Sept. 30. The search came ahead of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's arrival at the plant there.

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