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.

Coffin of 2nd nuclear accident victim at hospital

Coffin of 2nd nuclear accident victim at hospital

TOKYO, Japan - A coffin carrying Masato Shinohara, the second victim of Japan's worst nuclear accident, is moved out of the University of Tokyo Hospital on April 27. Shinohara, 40, died at the hospital after being exposed to a massive dose of radiation in the accident, which occurred in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, last September.

Irradiated nuclear worker moved to different hospital

Irradiated nuclear worker moved to different hospital

TOKYO, Japan - A plant worker exposed to an excessive dose of radiation last September in Japan's worst nuclear accident is transferred from the Research Hospital of the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science in Tokyo's Minato Ward to the University of Tokyo Hospital in Bunkyo Ward about 9 kilometers away on April 10 to receive more generalized care. Masato Shinohara, 40, a worker at a uranium-processing plant run by JCO Co. arrived by ambulance at the hospital at around 11:30 a.m. and was carried to the intensive care unit.

Japan's worst nuclear accident claims second victim

Japan's worst nuclear accident claims second victim

TOKAIMURA, Japan - Photo shows Masato Shinohara, 40, who died at a Tokyo hospital April 27 after being exposed to a massive dose of radiation in Japan's worst nuclear accident at Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, in September 1999.

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.

Coffin of 2nd nuclear accident victim at hospital

Coffin of 2nd nuclear accident victim at hospital

TOKYO, Japan - A coffin carrying Masato Shinohara, the second victim of Japan's worst nuclear accident, is moved out of the University of Tokyo Hospital on April 27. Shinohara, 40, died at the hospital after being exposed to a massive dose of radiation in the accident, which occurred in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, last September.

Irradiated nuclear worker moved to different hospital

Irradiated nuclear worker moved to different hospital

TOKYO, Japan - A plant worker exposed to an excessive dose of radiation last September in Japan's worst nuclear accident is transferred from the Research Hospital of the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science in Tokyo's Minato Ward to the University of Tokyo Hospital in Bunkyo Ward about 9 kilometers away on April 10 to receive more generalized care. Masato Shinohara, 40, a worker at a uranium-processing plant run by JCO Co. arrived by ambulance at the hospital at around 11:30 a.m. and was carried to the intensive care unit.