6 JCO officials plead guilty to negligence charges

6 JCO officials plead guilty to negligence charges

MITO, Japan - Kenzo Koshijima (R), the former head of JCO Co.'s uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, enters the Mito District Court in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 23. Koshijima and five other JCO employees pleaded guilty to charges of negligence resulting in death in Japan's worst nuclear accident in 1999 during the first hearing of their cases. Two of the workers -- Hisashi Ouchi, 35, and Masato Shinohara, 40 -- died from radiation sickness in December 1999 and April last year, respectively.

JCO's president attends lower house meeting

JCO's president attends lower house meeting

TOKYO, Japan - JCO Co. President Hiroharu Kitani (L) and Kenzo Koshijima (R), head of the company's uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 19 attend as witnesses a science and technology committee meeting in the House of Representatives on Japan's worst nuclear accident at the plant on Sept. 30.

Police arrest former JCO execs over nuclear accident

Police arrest former JCO execs over nuclear accident

MITO, Japan - Kenzo Koshijima, former head of JCO Co.'s uranium-processing plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, is among six former executives and current employees of the company who were arrested Oct. 11 on suspicion of negligence resulting in death in Japan's worst-ever nuclear power accident last year at the plant. Two plant workers who were exposed to massive radiation in the accident subsequently died from radiation sickness.

6 JCO officials plead guilty to negligence charges

6 JCO officials plead guilty to negligence charges

MITO, Japan - Kenzo Koshijima (R), the former head of JCO Co.'s uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, enters the Mito District Court in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on April 23. Koshijima and five other JCO employees pleaded guilty to charges of negligence resulting in death in Japan's worst nuclear accident in 1999 during the first hearing of their cases. Two of the workers -- Hisashi Ouchi, 35, and Masato Shinohara, 40 -- died from radiation sickness in December 1999 and April last year, respectively.

JCO's president attends lower house meeting

JCO's president attends lower house meeting

TOKYO, Japan - JCO Co. President Hiroharu Kitani (L) and Kenzo Koshijima (R), head of the company's uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 19 attend as witnesses a science and technology committee meeting in the House of Representatives on Japan's worst nuclear accident at the plant on Sept. 30.