Hisashi Ouchi: A Tragedy of Radiation Exposure

On September 30, 1999, a tragic accident took place at the Tokaimura Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Hisashi Ouchi, a experienced technician working with enormously radioactive plutonium, became contaminated during a everyday maintenance procedure. The exposure was {severe|devastating, and Ouchi's health began to fail rapidly under the onslaught of r

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