The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.

Tokaimura nuclear accidents

1997 and 1999 Tōkai nuclear plant events

The Tokaimura nuclear accidents refer to two nuclear related incidents near the village of Tōkai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The first accident occurred on 11 March 1997, producing an explosion after an experimental batch of solidified nuclear waste caught fire at the Power…