Fallout from Bikini: the explosion of Japanese medicine.
On 23 September 1954, Mr Aikichi Kuboyama died, the first Japanese victim of the Bikini incident--an American hydrogen bomb experiment on Bikini Atoll that took place on 1 March under the codename Operation Castle. This tragedy had several important consequences, influencing post-war negotiations between Japan and the United States over nuclear weapons, stimulating Japanese research into the biological effects of radiation and inspiring a commitment to the treatment of radiation sickness.
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Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. aya.homei@manchester.ac.uk
D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009688:Nuclear Reactors / Q000266:history*; D009689:Nuclear Warfare / Q000266:history*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000266:history*; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release