The accidental overexposures

The radioisotope or ionizing radiation medical or industrial use may generate accidents where human beings are exposed to very high doses. The accident frequency is increasing quickly because of the industrial source use development. The accidents don't catch only the plant or hospital staffs but also public people. The serious accidents result from conception errors, bad installation maintenance, lack or not enough staff training, transgression of safety processes. The accidents happen in not very specialized firms. Those resulting from energy production reactors are very seldom except for Chernobyl or military submarines. In the medical or hospital installations, accidents may affect the staffs or the patients. Most of the accidents could have been avoided by the simple respect of the simple surety duties. The follow up and analysis of serious accidents can bring an effective collaboration to the prevention. 78 refs., 3 annexes., 14 tabs., 17 figs