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TOKA1MURA, Japan (AP) — Nuclear officials
scrambled today to find a way to stop an uncon
trolled nuclear reaction at a uranium processing
plant, which seriously injured three workers and
possibly contaminated dozens.
More than 310,000 people within six miles of
the plant were ordered today to stay in their
homes. The facility, which refines uranium so it
can be used to fuel nuclear power plants, is lo
cated in Tokaimura, a town of 33,000 people 7q
miles northeast of Tokyo.
Government officials said yesterday’s accident
spewed a gas containing alpha, beta and gamma
radiation into the atmosphere, forcing the evacu
ation of 150 neighbors of the plant. The plant was
not designed to block the escape of radiation,
company officials said.
Two of the three injured workers were in
critical condition from the radiation, estimat
ed at about 4,000 times the level considered
safe for a person to receive in a year, said hos
pital official Yukio Kamakura. Never before
has a nuclear accident in Japan caused such
serious injuries.
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equipment around the tank early today in hopes
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong
earthquake along the Pacific coast
rattled much of Mexico on yesterday
day, killing at least 10 people and
damaging hundreds of buildings.
The U.S. Geological Survey in
Golden, Colo., said the magnitude-
7.5 quake was centered between
the Pacific resorts of Huatulco and
Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca state,
280 miles south of Mexico City.
“It was very intense. There was
panic because we haven’t ever felt
anything of this magnitude,” said
Norma Alquitra, a spokesperson
for Puerto Escondido.
Fifteen buildings were damaged
in the city of 18,000 people, and one
person was killed by falling debris.
Huatulco’s mayor reported only mi
nor damage and “normal panic.”
At least nine people died else
where in the state, according to the
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In the state capital of Oaxaca City,
two people huddling in a doorway
were killed when it collapsed, and
two more died under falling debris
while fleeing a building.
State officials said four people
were killed by collapsing build
ings in rural communities. No-
timex, the government news
agency, reported a 12-year-old girl
suffered a heart attack and died
because of the quake.
The Oaxaca governor’s office
said about 20 people were hospi-
(a/ized with injuries suffered in
the quake.
The force and unusual length of
the quake, which struck at 11:31
a.m. (12:3i p.m. EOT) and lasted
several minutes, terrified people
hundreds of miles from the epicen
ter. It was felt as far south as
Guatemala and very strongly in
Mexico City to the north.
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