Nuclear accident drill held in Japan

The Japanese government held on Saturday a comprehensive nuclear disaster drill assuming a severe accident at the Mihama power station in Fukui Prefecture, Report informs, citing foreign media sources.

The three-day drill, which started Friday, is participated by a total of about 4,180 people, including officials from the Cabinet Office, the Nuclear Regulation Authority, and local governments concerned.

The drill was based on a scenario that an earthquake measuring lower 6, the third-highest level on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, which occurred in the Reinan region in the central Japan prefecture Friday afternoon.

In the afternoon, residents within a 5-kilometer radius of the Mihama nuclear plant practiced evacuating to a shelter. Assuming a traffic disruption on a prefectural road in the town, a 12-meter-long amphibious vehicle of the Ground Self-Defense Force was utilized.