Suspected of stealing walkie talkie at JAEA

The six transceivers stored in the controlled area where access to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in Ibaraki Prefecture is restricted are lost, and the police is 24 years old of a partner company that entered and exited the laboratory on the 11th. Was arrested on suspicion of theft.

According to JAEA, it was found that six emergency transceivers that had been stored in the facility for processing high-level radioactive liquid waste at “Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory” in Tokai-mura, Ibaraki Prefecture, were lost this month. It means that.

After that, when I investigated, I found out that it was sold at a recycling store and online auction. The JAEA reported that it was stolen and reported damage to the police.

The walkie-talkie was stored in a control room in a “radiation control area” where access was restricted to control radioactive material.

The police arrested Rare Fujita Yoshiki (24), who lives in Hitachi City, and suspected theft of stealing a walkie-talkie.

According to the police, Fujita suspected himself on the 11th in a police box in Ibaraki Prefecture saying that he had stolen. The police are investigating motives in detail.