Tokaimura nuclear criticality accident - lethal radiation (n.11) TD

Dear friends,
In this video I tell you the story of three technicians of an Uranium enrichment plant.
In 1999, a criticality event occurred in a small town in Japan inside a building where Uranium was enriched for an experimental nuclear power plant.
I'm about to tell you about the Tokaimura incident!

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE JCO NUCLEAR CRITICALITY ACCIDENT IN JAPAN IN 1999
CONTRIBUTORS:
Akashi, M. National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan
Aoki, H. Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, Japan
Endo, A. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Fujimoto, K. International Atomic Energy Agency
Homma, T. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Kukita, Y. Nagoya University, Japan
Matsubara, J. Institute for Policy Sciences, Japan
Mennerdahl, D. E Mennerdahl Systems, Sweden
Nariai, H. Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, Japan
Sumita, K. Osaka University, Japan
Tanabe, F. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Tanaka, S. Japan Atomic Energy Commission, Japan
Yamaguchi, Y. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Zombori, P. International Atomic Energy Agency
http://www-ns.iaea.org/downloads/iec/...

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INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Report on the Preliminary Fact Finding Mission Following the Accident at the Nuclear fuel Processing Facility in Tokaimura, Japan, Non-serial Publications, IAEA, Vienna (1999)
https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publica...

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IAEA-ANSN Regional Workshop on Medical Response to Radiological Emergency Handling Complex Situations Chiba, Japan; 1-4 October 2013
Lessons Learned from Criticality Accident in Tokai-mura (1) Outline of the Accident OKUNO Hiroshi Japan Atomic Energy Agency
https://ansn.iaea.org/common/topics/o...

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NRC REVIEW OF THE TOKAI-MURA CRITICALITY ACCIDENT, LESSONS LEARNED AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NRC PROGRAM
May 8, 2000 William Troskoski Fuel Cycle Operations Branch
https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003...

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An Analysis of Tokaimura Nuclear Criticality Accident: A systems approach
Tsuchiya, S., Tanabe, A., Narushima, T., Ito, K., & Yamazaki, K. (2001).
Chiba Institute of Technology
http://www.dinamica-de-sistemas.com/p...

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Summary of the JCO Criticality Accident in Tokai-mura and a Dose Assessment
SHUN-ICHI TANAKA
Tokai Research Establishment, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute,
Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319–1195, Japan
J Radiat Res. 2001 Sep;42 Suppl:S1-9. doi: 10.1269/jrr.42.s1. PMID: 11791742
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11791...

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Tokaimura Criticality Accident 1999
https://www.world-nuclear.org/informa...

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Reports
Chronology and Press Reports of the Tokaimura Criticality
https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/...

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Documentary about Tokaimura Nuclear Accident (with English subtitles)
https://pkc107.blogspot.com/2018/03/t...

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JCO Tokai-mura criticality accident (September 30, 1999) [1] High Dose Victims
http://www.rbc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/db/InViv...


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