#hisashi Ouchi

[nicotyna]

I accidentally drew a picture of Travis who is accidentally affected by radiation. Sorry, I dont know what hashtags to put here, lol

My fantasy played a cruel trick on me

[theeternalhost]

the fact that people choose to demonize the doctors and family for keeping hisashi ouchi alive instead of the facility that caused his death baffles me. a doctors job is to keep someone alive no matter what, to keep pushing and fighting even if the chance they'll survive is slim to none. a family cannot be blamed for wanting to keep their husband, their father alive. but the facility that cut corners, that upped the production of uranium that was being mixed in BUCKETS and poured into extremely hazardous receptacles because they were simply running late on a shipment can absolutely be blamed. what happened there was pure greed and negligence.

[cerebrodigital]

Tras ser expuesto a 17 sieverts de radiación, Hisashi Ouchi sobrevivió durante 83 días. Sufrió uno de los fallecimientos más dolorosas jamás registradas en la historia de la humanidad.

Por normas de la comunidad no podemos mostrar todas las imágenes sin censura, así que las dejamos en el enlace del primer comentario.

Te las dejamos aquí:

[silvermoon424]

hey, i just wanted to tell you that i checked out Wendigoon because of you and i love his videos so much!

i adore the amount of compassion he puts into his commentary, especially about cases that have a lot of cold-hearted internet controversy (i knew about Hisashi Ouchi before, for instance, and Wendigoon is the only person i've seen who told his story as it was and without demonizing the doctors or the family).

anyway, i just wanted to thank you for introducing me to Wendigoon; it's rare for me to find Youtubers i like, so i'm glad i found his channel!

I'm going FERAL over this, I'm so glad you checked out his channel!! He's one of my favorite Youtubers currently <3333

And yes, Wendigoon's video on Hisashi Ouchi is one of my absolute favorites because I think he's truly the only person I've seen cover the case with such compassion and humanity:

For those who don't know, Hisashi Ouchi was a Japanese man who was involved in a horrific nuclear accident that literally involved his DNA being destroyed. Because his cellular DNA was destroyed, his cells were incapable of repairing the damage caused by the radiation. So Ouchi was basically left to rot and disintegrate over a period of months as his body failed him. A dedicated team of doctors kept him alive on life support and through blood transfusions, tissue donations, etc, but again, because he was damaged on a cellular level his body was unable to heal itself. He finally died when his heart gave out for the second (or third maybe?) time and his family chose to not resuscitate him.

I'd heard about Ouchi's story before, and every single time the doctors and/or his family were demonized. I'd heard that he was kept alive as a sick medical experiment to study the effects of radiation poisoning, or that his family were selfish jerks who didn't want to accept he was already dead. This is an especially prevalent view on Reddit. And whenever I've seen the story covered on Youtube, there's often this shock value present, where Ouchi is reduced to a horror story.

Wendigoon is the first person I've seen who truly brought the humanity to this story. He really emphasized who Ouchi was as a person, as well as his family and the doctors who dedicated their lives to trying to save him. I highly recommend anyone reading this to watch the video, but Wendigoon really makes it clear that Ouchi's family and doctors genuinely, truly believed that there was a real chance that they could save Ouchi's life (and at points it really did seem that way), and it was only when they understood how dire the situation was did they choose not to resuscitate him.

So yeah, I'm so glad you love his channel! I highly recommend him to anyone else.

[uncontrolledfission]

The most radioactive man in history

Post #18 in Physics and Astronomy, 07/02/2024

A story that chills many, astonishes others, and sparks controversy in most. A story enough to inspire the username you’re seeing right now. This is the brief story of Hisashi Ouchi, the most radioactive man in history.

Note: please be careful if you decide to look anything up. There are many misleading and frankly disturbing images commonly (and wrongfully) thought to be associated with Hisashi Ouchi. You have been warned.

Before anything, what is nuclear fission?

This is a science blog, after all, so I think it’s fitting to explain what nuclear fission is before anything. 

Discovered in late 1938 by German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, nuclear fission is a reaction involving the nucleus of an atom splitting into two or more smaller nuclei. Alongside releasing gamma photons, a very large amount of energy is released, even when considered in the context of radioactive decay. 

In 1939, Hahn and Strassmann also elaborated on the existence of neutrons within the process of nuclear fission. This opened up the possibility of a nuclear chain reaction, since the release of extra neutrons could induce further reactions in other fissile nuclei, and so on. 

The products of nuclear fission are significantly more radioactive than the heavier elements that made it up in the first place. They remain radioactive for a long period of time, too, which is part of the reason why a nuclear chain reaction can be so incredibly dangerous.

The day’s events

At a uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, Japan, three employees, named Hisashi Ouchi, Masato Shinohara, Yutaka Yokokawa, were speeding up the processing of a batch of fuel to meet shipping requirements. The process they used wasn’t approved by the Science and Technology Agency, leading to a range of issue that ultimately led to their downfall.

The shape of the container, for one, was important. The designated procedure for dissolving uranium oxide powder involved using a narrow, tall tank; in contrast, a stainless steel cylinder was used by the team, which made the process rather prone to criticality. This meant the solution reached critical mass when there was about fifteen kilograms of uranium in the tank. 

For reference, “critical mass” is defined as the smallest amount of fissile material needed to create a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

What was so dangerous?

A nuclear chain reaction can release several million times more energy than any old chemical reaction. When combined with the fact that this involves radioactive isotopes, and the reaction sustains itself, being exposed to a nuclear fission reaction can be fatal. 

The workers were only supposed to mix 2.4kg of uranium with nitric acid. Instead, they mixed up 16kg. 

At 10:35 on the 30th of September 1999, criticality was reached, which set off an uncontrolled fission reaction, emitting radiation for over 20 hours, which was quite possibility the worst case scenario for the three technicians present.

The aftermath

The magnitude of radiation received considered lethal stands at a whopping 7 Sieverts. For reference, the radiation the average person receives passively from their surroundings is approximately 2.7 millisieverts a year. That difference in itself is massive.

Ouchi, who was stood immediately above the tank to mix the fuel, received 17 Sieverts of radiation in one go. Just over 2.5 times the lethal dose. Shinohara received around 10 Sieverts, and Yokokawa around 3 Sieverts.

They experienced symptoms immediately, collapsing with nausea and quickly beginning to experience symptoms of diarrhoea and dehydration. 

On the other hand, outside of the plant itself, locals were warned by authorities not to drink water from wells or harvest and eat crops, for fear of further radiation poisoning. Many emergency workers and residents living nearby were hospitalised, and many, many others had to stay indoors. 

Ouchi was hospitalised for eighty-three days. His organs suffered damage, and his white blood cell count was near to zero. Many solutions were tested, but after numerous cardiac arrests, it was eventually decided he wouldn’t be resuscitated a further time, since his body wouldn’t handle it either way.

Masato Shinohara, on the other hand, died four months after Ouchi from organ failure. He had survived, but eventually succumbed to infections worsened by irradiation.

Yutaka Yokokawa received treatment and was released three months later (he was slightly further away, meaning he received less radiation). He later faced negligence charges. 

The incident had many after effects, from the JCO paying $121 million in compensation to settle nearly 7,000 claims from people nearby who were affected. In early 2000, the company’s president resigned. Seven months later, six officials from JCO were charged with negligence, having failed to ensure technicians were fully trained, and subverting safety procedures (as an incident similar to this had occurred in 1997, but no further safety measures were taken). 

Many suggest that Hisashi Ouchi was kept alive against his will. Though it is impossible to say for sure what was going through the heads of the doctors and close family members around him, it is a stretch to attribute what we can to hesitance in letting someone go to human cruelty. It’s also worth noting that Ouchi’s family wished for him to be resuscitated each time, hoping to see a cure to his suffering.

[ezra-loomis]

some art i did when crying while my brother stole my radithor

[0luna123]

Don't search him tho /srs

[iamsahilparwaiz]

THE MAN WHO CRIED BLOOD | Japan's worst nuclear accident | Hisashi Ouchi Suffered an 83-day Death By Radiation |

The torture of hell means so much pain and suffering that no human being can bear. Perhaps nothing is considered worse than that in this world, but there is one person in this world with whom so much bad happened which was probably more terrible than the torture of hell. He was the most radioactive person in the world, whose DNA was destroyed. Blood was coming out from many places in his body. His muscles were breaking and falling. Body parts were automatically separating from the body. The condition of that person. It was so bad that he was in so much pain that after read this entire story today, you yourself will pray that even if someone gets possessed by a ghost, such an accident should never happen to him and such a big incident happened behind it. There is a small greed of human being. I will tell you more

https://theroyalspedia.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-man-who-cried-blood-japans-worst.html

THE MAN WHO CRIED BLOOD | Japan's worst nuclear accident | Hisashi Ouchi Suffered an 83-day Death By Radiation |

The torture of hell means so much pain and suffering that no human being can bear. Perhaps nothing is considered worse than that in this world, but there is one person in this world with whom so much bad happened which was probably more terrible than the torture of hell. He was the most radioactive person in the world, whose DNA was destroyed. Blood was coming out from many places in his body. His muscles were breaking and falling. Body parts were automatically separating from the body. The condition of that person. It was so bad that he was in so much pain that after read this entire story today, you yourself will pray that even if someone gets possessed by a ghost, such an accident should never happen to him and such a big incident happened behind it. There is a small greed of human being. I will tell you [more](https://theroyalspedia.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-man-who-cried-blood-japans-worst.html)

[the-royal-orora]

The doctors and family are not the villains in this, it was the greed/sloth/stupidity of the boss/company. They are the reason this happened in the first place.

Hisashi Ouchi was NOT kept alive against his will by the doctors at the hospital.

This is a stupid myth borne of sensationalist thinking.

Stop spreading it!

For fuck’s sake.

[vam1mav]

|| THEORY TIMEEE||

|| Ok first of all, ouch- (I hit my tooth on my cell phone by accident when this theory appeared in my mind ಥ⁠╭⁠╮⁠ಥ) ||

|| What if this new character is not a new character, but rather Inko (Well, THE young Inko) ||

|| Maybe we'll finally have some context for Inko and her past (How she met Hisashi/All For One) and this is the first taste of it (I'm just going crazy and I'm hallucinating, ok? Leave me alone-) ||

[mortaljoy]

grrrrrrhhhh radiation and nuclear disaster hyperfixation goes insane

[undeadcourier]

Ghouls are, put simply, humans suffering from advanced, prolonged radiation sickness and whose bodies have mutated such that gamma radiation extends their lifespan past natural limits.

The process of ghoulification is outlined in canon sources, but I wanted to make a guide that goes into more detail on the effects of radiation sickness in various cases, since the level and type of exposure significantly affects the outcome.

This is the first in what will be a series of posts exploring both real-life cases of radiation sickness and the sci-fi concept of ghoulification in some depth. Graphic descriptions of the physical deterioration of the body are included for informative purposes; reader discretion is advised.

For this first case study, I examine the effects on the human body of exposure to high levels of radiation in a short period of time, with a focus on the real case of Hisashi Ouchi.

On September 30, 1999, a lack of appropriate safety measures and the proper materials resulted in an accident that caused three workers at the nuclear power plant in Tōkai-mura, Japan, to suffer from severe radiation poisoning while purifying reactor fuel.

Point of Criticality

An uncontrolled fission reaction was produced when technicians poured nearly seven times the legal limit of uranium oxide into an improper vessel containing nitric acid. The men reported seeing a bright blue flash—indicative of Cherenkov radiation—when the mixture reached critical mass, flooding the room with radiation. The workers evacuated to the decontamination room, but already, the two who had been handling the reactive solution were overcome with intense pain from radiation burns, severe nausea, and difficulty breathing. Hisashi Ouchi, who suffered the highest level of exposure, also experienced rapid difficulties with mobility and coherence. Upon reaching the decontamination room, he vomited and fell unconscious.

~1 Hour Post-Exposure

Ouchi regained consciousness in the hospital about 70 minutes after the criticality accident, where doctors confirmed that he had been exposed to high doses of gamma, neutron, and other radiation.

The maximum allowable annual dose of radiation for nuclear technicians in Japan was 50 millisieverts. Exposure to more than 7 sieverts is considered fatal. Yutaka Yokokawa, the supervisor, had received 3 sieverts. The technicians who had been handling the uranium, Masato Shinohara and Hisashi Ouchi, received 10 sieverts and 17 sieverts, respectively.

~1 Day+ Post-Exposure

During the first few days in the ICU, Ouchi appeared to be in remarkably good condition, given the circumstances: the skin of his face and right hand was slightly red, as if by a sunburn, and swollen. His eyes were bloodshot, and he reported pain under his ear and right hand, which had received the most direct exposure, but he could speak normally, and he joked with the doctors and nurses attending to him.

6 Days Post-Exposure

Tests revealed that the high energy radiation that Ouchi had been exposed to had obliterated the chromosomes in his bone marrow. They were unrecognizable—some severed, some fused, all out of order. This damage meant that his body was unable to create new blood cells. The red blood cells that transport oxygen could not be replaced, and Ouchi's white blood cell count was near zero, leaving him extremely vulnerable to infection.

~1 Week+ Post-Exposure

Intensive treatments, including numerous skin grafts, blood and bone marrow transfusions, and revolutionary stem cell transplants were conducted in an attempt to stabilize Ouchi, but ultimately without lasting success.

The skin grafts couldn't hold; when medical tape was peeled from his skin, his skin came with it, and the marks left behind couldn't heal. Blisters like those of a burn appeared on his right hand.

Ouchi reported frequently that he was thirsty.

~10 Days Post-Exposure

By this point, Ouchi's oxygen levels were so low that even speaking required tremendous effort. Ouchi was placed on supplemental oxygen and required sedatives to be able to sleep.

2 Weeks+ Post-Exposure

Ouchi was no longer able to eat and required an IV. By day sixteen, most of the skin on the front side of his body had fallen off.

His low platelet count and lack of healthy skin meant that his blood and bodily fluids leaked through his damaged pores, resulting in unstable blood pressure.

Donor stem cells that were meant to allow his body to create new tissue were also destroyed by the radiation present in his body.

~1 Month Post-Exposure

On the 27th day following the accident, Ouchi suffered from intense diarrhea. The mucus layer of his large intestine had vanished, exposing the red submucosal layer beneath. His body could no longer disgest or absorb anything he ingested; even water was excreted as diarrhea.

The skin of Ouchi's right hand was almost entirely gone, leaving the surface of his hand raw and dark red. Blisters spread across his right arm and abdomen, then over his entire body. Gauze was required to replace his skin, and his fingers had to be individually wrapped to prevent them from sticking together. Without skin to keep him warm, Ouchi required an electrothermic device to maintain his body temperature while his bandages were changed—a daily procedure that took hours. Every time the gauze was removed, more of Ouchi's remaining skin went with it. His eyelids could not shut, and his eyes bled. His nails fell off.

Ouchi's right arm was necrotizing, leading to an increasing amount of myoglobin—a protein in muscle tissue—flowing in Ouchi's blood. Untreated, this could result in renal failure as the kidneys could not process the amount of myoglobin present.

Ouchi's body could not regenerate the platelets that form scabs, meaning the risk of hemorrhage was extreme.

By day 50, more than two liters of fluid seeped from Ouchi's damaged skin each day. The amount of fluid prevented skin grafts from adhering. Furthermore, he began to suffer from blood in his stool, and permeated blood seeped between his inflamed small and large intestines.

2 Months+ Post-Exposure

On the 59th day after the accident, Ouchi suffered the first of many heart attacks. His kidneys and liver were also failing. He no longer showed reactions to stimuli.

By day 63, Ouchi's macrophages—the immune cells that normally attack and consume bacteria and viruses—were attacking his own healthy blood cells.

After 67 days, Ouchi suffered internal hemorrhage. He bled from his mouth and intestines.

Ouchi would continue to suffer from heart attacks, as many as three in one hour. Each time, he was revived, but he suffered increasing brain damage, until multiple organ failure ended his life after 83 days in the hospital.

Ouchi's colleague Masato Shinohara underwent numerous successful skin grafts and a stem cell transfusion as well as radical cancer treatment, but he, too, died of multiple organ failure after seven months. Their supervisor, Yutaka Yokokawa, was treated for minor radiation sickness and was released from the hospital within three months of the accident.

This detailed chronology was referenced from the book A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness by Iwanami Shoten, translated by Maho Harada. My post, of course, focuses on Ouchi's physical condition in his final months, but it’s important to remember him not just as a victim or a patient. He was a loving husband and father whose sense of humor and resilience left an impression on everyone he came into contact with. The book is available in its entirety here and provides a moving, nuanced account of the incident and the efforts to save Ouchi's life.

[cerebrodigital]

Fotomicrografía de cromosomas (células ilíacas de la médula ósea). Destruidas en pedazos y no identificables. Fecha de colección 3 de octubre de 1999 (cuarto día de exposición).

Tras ser expuesto a 17 sieverts de radiación, Hisashi Ouchi sobrevivió durante 83 días. Sufrió una de las muertes más dolorosas jamás registradas en la historia de la humanidad.

Por normas de la comunidad no podemos mostrar todas las imágenes sin censura, así que las dejamos en el enlace.

Solo debes hacer clic en las imágenes:

[ezra-loomis]

HELP ME HES TOO HOT

[kintsugibody]

i knew about the 1999 incident, didn't know the plant already fucked up a couple years earlier. they should've been shut down after the first accident and cover up

radiation and cults are fascinating to me, especially radiation. the stories of people unknowingly picking up radioactive material and dying or even killing the populations of towns is haunting, the elephants foot is haunting, the fact that humans can't detect radiation without a machine is haunting. you can't perceive it at all but it does so much damage without you even realizing it until you see the injury, then it gets worse and worse. no other predator or sickness or anything that kills you can do it so insidiously without you even knowing what hit you

[trashland-llamas]

X-Men (2000)

Just imagine seeing your senator after days of missing turn up on the nearby beach, naked. like I'm sorry but that shit is wild. That and he ends up with a mutation; y'know, the thing he's been lobbying against. sounds familiar, eh?

Oh great, Cerebro (slowpoke has a cousin apparently) triggers the tinnitus

Senator Kelly talking to Storm and how he's shown to be leaking fluid reminds me of that story about the dude (Hisashi Ouchi) who got radiation poisoning and ended up liquifying from the inside out.

I am terrible at identifying when folks are being mimicked by Mystique. Had me pissed at Bobby even though he didn't do anything + they even flashed her yellow eyes.

Oh, to be as cunty as Mystique, casually voguing mid-fight

White streak in my hair, no stress now /ref (sorry not sorry, had to)

Also even before watching this movie, every time I see Rogue with her purple scarf, I just think of the girl with the green ribbon. Like her head's gonna lop off if she removes it

But I do prefer how they visually depicted her mutation over AHS's Coven with Zoe Benson

Favorite mutant in this one goes to Toad, his shit looks cool as f