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Overview of Brazilian industrial radiography accidents with cutaneous radiation syndrome
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- 1. Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria (IRD/CNEN-RJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Description
It is well documented that industrial radiography is related to radiological accidents, which makes it the highest potential risk for human health. More than 80 radiological accidents happened in the world that includes 6 Brazilian accidents with Cutaneous Radiation Syndrome. Five of them happened with 192Ir and one with 60Co radioactive sources. Nineteen members of the public and 8 radiographers were involved. All of them suffered severe hands and fingers injuries. The Brazilian radiological accident happened in 1985 with 16 persons is analyzed showing causes, consequences, radiation doses and lessons learned. (author)
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 4 p.
- Report number
- INIS-BR--20129
Conference
- Title
- Goiania 30 years later
- Acronym
- International joint conference RADIO 2017
- Dates
- 25-29 Sep 2017
- Place
- Goiania, GO (Brazil)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Brazil
- Country of Input or Organization
- Brazil
- INIS RN
- 49034178
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COBALT 60; HANDS; INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY; IRIDIUM 192; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ARMS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COBALT ISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DOSES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IRIDIUM ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIMBS; MATERIALS TESTING; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPES; TESTING; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES