Japan holds 1st nuclear accident drill using permanent center

TOMARI, Japan - Japan conducts its first nuclear accident drill using a permanent emergency response center in Hokkaido on Oct. 27. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (above L on background screen) participated from Tokyo. The drill was based on the premise of an accident at the Hokkaido Electric Power Co. nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari in western Hokkaido.

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