Feb 29, 2024 · When Hisashi Ouchi arrived at the University of Tokyo Hospital after being exposed to the highest level of radiation of any human in history, doctors were stunned. The …

On the morning of Sept. 30, 1999, at a nuclear fuel-processing plant in Tokaimura, Japan, 35-year-old Hisashi Ouchi and two other workers were purifying uranium oxide to make fuel rods …

Feb 2, 2023 · On September 30, 1999, Hisashi Ouchi and two colleagues at the Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Co. (JCO) were rushing to complete an order of nuclear fuel before the …

Here's more on the background of Japan's unavoidable dependence on nuclear energy and how it led to the plight of Hisashi Ouchi, the most irradiated man in the world, who was kept alive for …

Dec 18, 2023 · Hisashi Ouchi lost most of his skin and began crying blood after a terrible accident at Japan’s Tokaimura nuclear power plant in 1999.

Dec 8, 2015 · Hiroshi Ouchi, one of these workers, was transferred to the University of Tokyo Hospital Emergency Room, three days after the accident. Dr. Maekawa and his staff initially …

Mar 25, 2023 · In 1999, Hisashi Ouchi worked at the Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Company in Tokaimura, Japan. Due to an unfortunate accident, a chemical reaction caused an explosion …

Sep 30, 2024 · On March 11, 1997, an experimental batch of solidified nuclear waste caught fire at the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) radioactive waste …

Dec 4, 2024 · Nuclear plant technician Hisashi Ouchi received more than three times the dose of radiation that is considered to be lethal for humans. Human error caused a deadly accident in …

May 7, 2021 · Hisashi Ouchi, a 35-year-old laboratory technician, became the victim of the highest recorded exposure to nuclear radiation in history after a tragic accident at a nuclear …