Ouchi's body brought out of hospital

Ouchi's body brought out of hospital

TOKYO, Japan - The body of Hisashi Ouchi, the JCO Co. worker who died Dec. 21, 83 days after an accident at a uranium processing plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, is brought out of the University of Tokyo Hospital on Dec. 22. Ouchi was exposed to a massive dose of radiation in the late September accident, Japan's worst nuclear disaster.

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