Clues sought in Nuclear Accident Case

reported by Melissa Lovin

Police entered the headquarters of the Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. last week as part of a criminal investigation into the cause of Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident at the JCC Co. Tokaimura plant. some 110 police officers raided the company's headquarters in central Tokyo to gather records related to the Sept. 30 accident, police spokesman Kenji Tanimura said. Another 40 investigators are searching the company's technology center in the state of Ibaraki, he said.

Three workers were severely injured when they set off an uncontrolled atomic reaction at the nuclear-fuel reprocessing plant which is owned by Sumitomo Metal Mining. Although the disaster was halted beforeit reached potential doomsday levels, officials maintain it could have been avoided entirely.

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