Tokaimura plant's conversion building inspected

Tokaimura plant's conversion building inspected

TOKAIMURA, Japan - Members from the Nuclear Safety Commission's investigative committee, wearing protective clothing, on Nov. 23 inspect the JCO Co. uranium fuel processing plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, the site of Japan's worst nuclear accident in late September.

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