A national symposium commemorating the sad anniversary of the JCO criticality accident at Tokai-mura Ibaraki Prefecture was held at Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture on Sep. 30, 2000. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Japan Congress Against A- and H- Bombs, Citizens' Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) and other citizens' groups. Various symposiums and protests were held across the country on the same day. (English newspaper articles available on request.)
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The front gate of JCO Co. (Oct. 1, 2000)
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Uranium Test Facility of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. - the parent company of JCO Co. The test facility of JCO Co. where the accident took place is located in front of this test facility.
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The road leading to the front gate of JCO Co. is surrounded by houses, vegetable gardens, and rice fields.
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The Test Facility of JCO Co.- the site of the criticality accident of Sep. 30, 1999.- is behind this building (Oct. 1, 2000)
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The Test Facility is behind these buildings
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Funaishikawa Community Center where residents were evacuated to.
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The road leading to the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) is called "Donen Road." (Donen = JNC)
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Tokai Reprocessing Plant operated by JNC.
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Japan Atomic Enrgy Research Institute JRR-1 - Japan's first research reactor. Nuclear development in Japan began here.
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Japan Atomic Power's Tokai I (on the right) and II (on the left). Tokai I is the first commercial nuclear reactor and the only one decommissioned so far. It began operation in 1966 and was shut down in 1998. |
