Nuclear plant jobs lure unwitting day laborers

  • 26/12/1999

The death last week of a JCO Co. employee who on Sept. 30 was working at the scene of Japan's worst nuclear accident, reminded the nation of the health consequences of an atomic accident. According to Yuko Fujita, associate professor of physics at Keio University, accidents like the one at the JCO plant in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, alone are not the sole danger to nuclear industry workers.