Memory of the day: Nuclear accident occurs at uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, Japan in 1999

CAIRO – 30 September 2021: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on September 30.

1993 - More than 20,000 people are killed in an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale in the southwestern Indian state of Maharashtra.

1999 - A nuclear accident occurs at a uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, Japan.

2020 - Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is sworn in in a special session held by the National Assembly, becoming the 16th Emir of Kuwait.