Nuclear power on shaky ground in Japan

  • 27/12/1999

  • Financial Times (London)

On Saturday the village of Tokaimura will re-live Japan's worst nuclear accident. Residents and officials from the nuclear industry will take part in a drill to test improved mechanisms for coping with a nuclear accident. The accident and the government's mishandling of it came on the heels of several incidents involving sloppy working practices and a cover up that shattered public confidence in the industry.