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As a result, they inadvertently triggered what's known in the nuclear industry as a criticality accident a release of radiation from an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction. When Ouchi, a handsome, powerfully built, former high school rugby player who had a wife and young son, arrived at the hospital, he didn't yet look like a victim of intense radiation exposure, according to "A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness," a 2002 book by a team of journalists from Japan's NHK-TV, later translated into English by Maho Harada. He was all but dead without the intervention of the staff at the hospital. The power plant location in Tokaimura was ideal due to the abundant land space, and it led to a whole campus of nuclear reactors, research institutes, fuel enrichment, and disposal facilities. Tragically, neither that approach nor skin grafts, blood transfusions, or cancer treatments had worked. Ouchi received the largest radiation exposure, resulting in rapid difficulties with mobility, coherence, and loss of consciousness. ago Gotta love the last unrelated photo. [6] Following public outcry, the facility closed until reopening in November 2000 when it was reinstated as a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. Health checks conducted on all residents, measuring radiation; schools reopened and government press conferences held, International Atomic Energy Agency: Report on the preliminary fact finding mission following the accident at the nuclear fuel processing facility in Tokaimura, Japan, 1999, This page was last edited on 9 February 2023, at 07:14. There have been two noteworthy nuclear accidents at the Tkai village nuclear campus, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The nuclear power plant in Tkai operated for another decade until the 2011 Thoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami. "Your fate is predetermined, even though there will be a delay," he says, "if you have a high enough dose of ionizing radiation that will kill cells, to the extent that your organs will not function.". Their symptoms included nausea, dehydration and diarrhea. As for the supervisor of the two deceased workers, Yokokawa was released after three months of treatment. [19] Authorities warned locals not to harvest crops or drink well water. The technicians poured the product by hand in stainless-steel buckets directly into a precipitation tank. This tank is meant to capture any remaining nuclear waste contaminants. Kept in a special radiation ward to protect him from hospital-borne pathogens, Hisashi Ouchi leaked fluids and cried for his mother. According to the radiation testing by the STA, Ouchi was exposed to 17 Sv of radiation, Shinohara 10 Sv, and Yokokawa received 3 Sv. The inexperienced technicians increased by seven times the recommended quantity. Doctors were shocked to find he had a near-zero white blood cell count and therefore had virtually no immune system. Cell transplant specialist Hisamura Hirai next suggested a revolutionary approach that had never been tried on radiation victims before: stem cell transplants. He died of lung and liver failure on April 27, 2000. On 11 March 1997, the village of Tokai's first serious nuclear-related incident occurred at PNC's bituminisation facility. Hisashi Ouchi was a 35-year-old technician who worked at a nuclear facility owned by the Japanese Nuclear Fuel Conversion Company known as Tokaimura. Ouchi also suffered from multiple heart attacks, and each time he was resuscitated at his familys request even though his condition was irreversible. : r/lastimages by 6FeetBeneathTheMoon [17] Emergency service workers arrived and escorted other plant workers outside of the facility's muster zones. At 8 p.m., just as people were preparing to reenter the building, built up flammable gases ignited and exploded, breaking windows and doors, which allowed smoke and radiation to escape into the surrounding area. Luke Downs: Who Is He? Hisashi Ouchi Body: Real Photos Of Japanese Nuclear Plant Worker Kept Alive Melted for 83 Days By December 22, 2021 06:24 PM The body of Hisashi Ouchi suffered several radiation burns whose real photos are readily available on Reddit. He never had an amputation, and I don't think his skin reached this state of decay. It wasn't the first time it had happened. Over twenty people were exposed to radiation. 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Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC), Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, "Tokaimura Criticality Accident - World Nuclear Association", "Why is Nuclear Energy Necessary in Japan? They kept her captive in the house owned by one of their parents. On the 59th day of his therapy, Ouchis lifeless corpse suffered three heart attacks in less than an hour. Five hours after the start of the criticality, evacuation commenced of some 161 people from 39 households within a 350-meter radius from the conversion building. The immediate aftermath of the Tokaimura nuclear accident saw 310,000 of villagers within six miles of the Tokai facility ordered to stay indoors for 24 hours. [23] Doctors attempted to restore some functionality to Ouchi's immune system by administering peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, which at the time was a new form of treatment. Due to the injury, he lost the majority of his skin and started crying blood. And users of social media warn them against looking at the photo of him laying on the hospital bed. [22] The leukocytes being produced by the transplanted tissue were found to have been mutated by the residual radiation present in his body, triggering autoimmune responses that exacerbated his rapidly deteriorating condition, and white blood cell counts began to decrease. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the cause of the accidents were "human error and serious breaches of safety principles". But at his familys insistence, the doctors continued their experimental treatments even as his skin began to melt from his body. (Even so, 28 people eventually died from radiation exposure. Born in Japan in 1965, Hisashi Ouchi began working in the nuclear energy sector at an important time for his country. I am not a guinea pig.. Ouchi was transferred to the University of Tokyo Hospital for treatment. A worker in protective gear explores the Tokai Nuclear Plant after the 1997 explosion. | True Horror Story (with an uplifting ending) Assorted Horrors 4.8K subscribers Subscribe 2.7K Save 125K views 2 years ago #truestories Notice. In the 83 days following the accident, Ouchi was kept alive against his will while his body was liquified from extreme radiation poisoning. [10] The company had not had any incidents for over 15 years making company employees complacent in their daily responsibilities. Seconds later a blue flash engulfed the room at the Tokaimura Nuclear Power Plant as the gloopy and dangerous mixture reached critical point, releasing neutron radiation and gamma-rays. Testing confirmed 39 of the workers were exposed to the radiation. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a15862fd8af0baf Ouchi and Shinohara immediately experienced pain, nausea, and difficulty breathing; both workers went to the decontamination room where Ouchi vomited. Pripyat: The Ukrainian Ghost Town in Chernobyl's Shadow, HowStuffWorks/Peaked Interest/YouTube/Wikipedia. Akashi, M., Aoki, H., Endo, A., Fujimoto, K., Homma, T., Kukita, Y., Zombori, P. (2000). But he faced criminal charges of negligence in October 2000. [20] Sometime after the incident, people in the area were asked to lend any gold they had to allow calculations of the size and range of the gamma ray burst. Despite their efforts, his condition deteriorated into multiple organ failure resulting from extensive radiation damage, exacerbated by the repeated incidents where Ouchi's heart stopped. [1] This determination labeled the situation low risk outside of the facility. The buffer tank containing the combined ingredients is specially designed to prevent fission activity from reaching criticality. 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