Lecture in critical accident 20 years "Continue the accident in the future" Ibaraki Tokai-mura September 29, 17:37

A lecture was held to coincide with 20 years in 30 days from the critical accident that occurred at the nuclear fuel processing company "JC O" in Tokai-mura, Ibaraki Prefecture, and a man who had been exposed by his parents said " I want to pass on it. "

In September 1999, a nuclear fuel processing company, JC Oh, in Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture, caused a “criticality” in which a fission reaction occurs continuously. Two workers died, and more than 600 people including the surrounding residents I was exposed.

As the 20th anniversary of the accident on the 30th, the “Creeding on the Criticality Accident” made by the residents and the group opposed to the restart of the Tokai Daini nuclear power plant of Japan Atomic Power Co. About 300 participants offered silence to the victims.

Mr. Minari Oizumi, who was exposed to his parents in the accident, gave a presentation and said, “My parents have already died and I feel 20 years. I will continue to talk about the accident in the future, including the fact that my mother developed PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder. I want to go. "

In addition, after the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Katsumi Shizutsu, a doctor who provides health consultations, said, “The critical accident in Tokai Village was the first serious accident in Japan that caused death, and it was never repeated. I must not ".

A 22-year-old woman from the local community said, “It was the first time I knew about the accident and felt that the younger generation needed to remember it.”