Tokaimura Tragedy - History's Worst Criticality Accident
Published March 17, 2026
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On September 30, 1999, the Tokaimura nuclear accident became the worst criticality accident in modern nuclear history. At a uranium processing facility in Japan, workers accidentally triggered a self-sustaining nuclear reaction while preparing fuel for an experimental reactor. One of the technicians, Hisashi Ouchi, rec…
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