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Japan nuclear lab accident affected 30: agency
Parvez Jabri
27 May, 2013
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2013/05/japan-flag0.jpg">TOKYO: The number of researchers exposed to low level radiation in an accident at a nuclear laboratory in Japan last week has hit 30, officials said Monday, with human error likely exacerbating the problem.</P><P>The accident occurred on Thursday as 55 people were working at a laboratory in Tokaimura, 120 kilometres (75 miles) northeast of Tokyo, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) said.</P><P>The researchers were carrying out an experiment that involved firing a proton beam at gold when the accident happened, it said.</P><P>The agency, which had initially said six researchers were exposed to radiation, announced late Sunday that 24 more people were affected.</P><P>There was no widespread radiation leak, although two researchers were exposed to up to 1.7 millisieverts of radiation, a dose roughly equivalent to a strong medical X-ray.</P><P>)