This book consist : Introduction; Brief description of accidents; Major causes of accidents and lessons learned; and Prevention and remedial actions. (Jml)
This book consist : Introduction; Principles and objectives; General requirements; Functional requirements; and Requirements for infrastructure. (Jml)
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…
Radiotherapy is well established as an indispensable means of treatment in national cancer control programmes in both developing and developed countries. In radiotherapy, radiation is used directly to destroy malignant tissue. The success of radiotherapy therefore depends on achieving a radiation dose that is high enough to kill malignant tissue yet sufficiently low to preserve to healthy tissu…
This book consist : Introduction; Basic concepts of EOPs; Development of plant specific EOPs; and Review of EOPs. (Jml)
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Proceedings contains material Part I: Radioactive contamination of the environment: (Part Ia General), (Part 1b Air), (Part 1c Soil), (Part 1d Water). Part II: Monitoring of Radioactivity: (Part IIa General), (Part IIb Strategies and policy), (Part Iic Methods and techniques), (Jml)
This book consist : Introduction; Classification of possible radiological accidents; and Basic medical response to radiological accidents. (Jml)
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…