On 21 June 1990, one such accident occurred at an industrial irradiation facility in Israel when an operator entered the irradiation room and was acutely exposed to radiation, with fatal consequences. This accident was the result, as was the earlier one in San Salvador, of a violation of established operating procedures. The accident in Israel, a country with a comparatively good infrastructure…
Early in 2001, serious accidental exposures involving patiens undergoing radiotherapeutic procedures were discovered in Panama. The government of Panama requested assistance from the IAEA under the terms of the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency. The IAEA immediately notified the World Health Organization (WHO) and assembled and sent to Panama a…
Occasionally, established safety procedures are violated and serious radiological consequences ensue. The radiological accident described in this report, which took place in Lilo, Georgia, was a result of such an infraction. Sealed radiation sources had been abandoned by a previous owner at a site without following established regulatory safety procedures, for example by transferring the source…
Essay about Introduction; Requirements for safety assessment in the licensing process for a research reactor; Preparation of the safety analysis report; Performance of the review and assessment; and then appendix, Annex, etc. (Jml)
This book consist : Introduction; Self-assessment of safety culture; Organizational factors that are important for impelemnting solutions to safety culture problems; Action after completion of assessment; Assessing the progress of improvement efforts; Symptoms of a weakening safety culture; Future challenges in developing and sustaining safety culture; and Concluding remarks. (Jml)
This book consist : Introduction; Objectives of the waste management programme; Control of waste production; Waste treatment; Waste storage; Waste transport; Effluent releases and environmental monitoring; Abnormal conditions; and Administration and organization. (Jml)
This book consist : Introduction; Background; Material and application issues; Determination of To; Determination of To for RPV material; Fluence protection including attenuation; Deterministic analysis and methods; and Probabilistic application; Conclusion. (Jml)
This book consist : Introduction; Establishing emergency response capability; Critical tasks; and Emergency preparedness considerations. (Jml)