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9781934287408

A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness

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  • ISBN13:

    9781934287408

  • ISBN10:

    1934287407

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-10-21
  • Publisher: Vertical
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Summary

"On September 30, 1999, the worst radiation accident in Japan's history struck a uranium processing facility in Tokaimura, northeast of Tokyo. Three workers were exposed to extreme levels of neutron beams as a result." "Japan's public broadcaster, NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai, or Japan Broadcasting Corporation), documented the step-by-step deterioration and intense medical treatment of one of those workers. This book is the print version of that celebrated feature and includes an afterword that updates the narrative."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) or Japan Broadcasting
Corporation is Japan's public broadcaster. This
book is an original television documentary--under
the same name--produced by NHK, which aired in
May 2001. The documentary won the Gold Nymph
Award--the highest award possible--at the 42nd
Monte Carlo Television Festival in 2002.

Table of Contents

Exposure - September 30, 1999p. 3
A Chance Meeting - Day 2p. 11
Hospital Transfer - Day 3p. 17
Radiation Emergency Treatment Team - Day 5p. 27
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant - Day 7p. 37
Artificial Respiration Control - Day 11p. 47
His Sister's Cells - Day 18p. 55
Manifestations of Radiation Damage - Day 27p. 65
A Small Hope - Day 50p. 75
Day 59p. 91
The Endless Battle - Day 63p. 99
December 21, 1999 - Day 83p. 111
Paper Cranes - the Futurep. 123
Afterwordp. 137
Bibliographyp. 142
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