THE TRAGEDY OF HISASHI OUCHI

The Tragedy of Hisashi Ouchi

On September 30, 1999, a horrific accident transpired at the Tokaimura Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. A skilled technician named Hisashi Ouchi, while performing maintenance on a fuel storage facility, experienced a fatal dose of radiation. The severity of the contamination was immediate and catastrophic. Ouchi's system began to fail rapidly. Despit

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