On 17 June 1997 a physicist working as a senior technician at the nuclear Centre, Sarov, in the Russian Federation, was severely exposed as a result of a critically accident with an assembly of high enriched uranium. The exposure, which caused a high neutron radiation dose, led to death within three days despite prompt medical attention. The Russian authorities requested urgent assistance from…
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A serious radiological accident occurred in Istambul, Turkey, in December 1998 and January 1999 when two packages used to transport 60Co teletherapy sources were sold as scrap metal. The persons who purchased the two packages opened them and broke open the shielded containers, thereby unknowingly exposing themselves and several others to radiation from at least one unshielded 60Co source. the…
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…
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…
A serious radiological accident occurred in Peru in February 1999 when a welder picked up an 192Ir industrial radiography source and put it in his pocket for several hours. This resulted in his receiving a high radiation dose that necessitated the amputation of one leg. His wife and children were also exposed, but to a much lesser extent. (Jml)
Essay about Recovery operations from accidents with radioactive materials; On-site recovery operations (nuclear facilities); Off-site recovery operations (nuclear facilities); The accident in the southern urals in 1957; Lessons learned from radiological accidents; and then Panel; Chairman of sessions; Secretariat of the symposium; List of participants; Author index; Translteration index; Index …