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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (429)	9/30/1999 12:57:00 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12253

Jon...talk about EXCITING News...... .....!!!.....if these guys are worried....??!!!!......tim.........Japan Says Nuclear Accident May Be Continuing TOKYO (Reuters) - A nuclear accident at a Japanese uranium processing plant Thursday may have triggered ``abnormal reactions' that could be continuing at the plant, the top government spokesman said Thursday. ``There is a strong possibility that abnormal reactions are continuing within the facility,' Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka told an emergency news conference late Thursday. ``We believe that it is a severe situation, and there are concerns about radiation in the surrounding areas.' Nonaka said this could be the worst nuclear accident in Japan's history. The accident at Tokaimura in Ibaraki Prefecture, about 87 miles northeast of Tokyo, exposed three workers to radiation and prompted authorities to evacuate the vicinity. Nonaka said that there was a strong possibility that there had been a ``criticality incident' at plant. Criticality is the point at which a nuclear chain reaction becomes self-sustaining, similar to what happens inside a nuclear reactor. Asked about his remarks earlier in the day that the situation appeared to be under control, Nonaka said the measurements of radioactivity had been low but started to rise.