Published October 1998
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Book
Accidents with radiation sources
Creators
- 1. Radiation Safety Div., Ministry of Environment Faculty of Medicine Building, Univ. of Tel Aviv (Israel)
Description
Radioactive materials are encountered in everyday life and are frequently transported by road, sea and air. Incidents or accidents therefore unavoidable and, in the event of loss of control, radiation sources may lead to overexposure of workers and members of the public. This paper lists the number of fatalities to the accidents which occurred in the last decade as a result of wrong procedures, insufficient control and inadequate handling or uses of sealed sources
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Imprint Place
- Mumbai (India)
- Imprint Title
- IAEA regional basic professional training on radiation protection
- Imprint Pagination
- 1241 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 810-842
Conference
- Title
- IAEA regional basic professional training on radiation protection
- Dates
- 26 Oct - 18 Dec 1998
- Place
- Mumbai (India)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 30056607
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCIDENTS; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; DOSE RATES; EMERGENCY PLANS; EVALUATION; GAMMA RADIATION; IRIDIUM 192; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIUM 226
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRIDIUM ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 16 refs., 12 tabs.