AW: [ RadSafe ] News article from Belgium: Worker Critical afterhighradiation dose

[Jose Julio Rozental]

In Belgium the Association Vinçotte Nuclear (AVN) is the only Licensed Inspection Organisation (LIO) responsible for inspection and safety assessment of the nuclear power plants: it is also in charge of most of the fuel cycle facilities, research institutes, universities, medical and industrial facilities as well as other smaller installations.
I read in the IAEA site that Mr  André Vandewalle  is the contact person for further information for this accident. 
I found his e-mail avw at avn.be
The questions made here for many colleagues I think can be addressed to him for clarification

Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze at netvision.net.il
Israel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Rainer.Facius at dlr.de>
To: <mcnaught at lanl.gov>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 7:32 PM
Subject: AW: AW: [ RadSafe ] News article from Belgium: Worker Critical afterhighradiation dose


> Mike:
> 
> Apparently he did not wear it because only after presenting to the physician 3 weeks after the event was the dose estimated by exposures of a phantom and by determination of chromosome aberrations in his lymphocytes. 
> 
> As a German I am not familiar with Belgian radiation protection regulations.
> 
> According to the site plan as displayed at the given URL I can envisage that ordinary personnel operating the sterilisation facility would not be classified as radiation workers since under nominal operating conditions with a twofold redundant safety system any (even low level) exposure might be considered as impossible. Hence they would not be required to wear dosimeters, similar to the colleagues in our laboratories who use an X-ray machine in a separate secluded irradiation room where the doors cannot be opened without breaking the high-voltage supply. 
> 
> Whether the victim belongs to e.g. the maintenance staff which surely would be classified as a radiation worker can be surmised but this has not been disclosed till now.
> 
> Regards, Rainer
> 
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> ________________________________
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> Von: Michael McNaughton [mailto:mcnaught at lanl.gov]
> Gesendet: Fr 07.04.2006 17:54
> An: Facius, Rainer; radsafe at radlab.nl
> Betreff: Re: AW: [ RadSafe ] News article from Belgium: Worker Critical after highradiation dose
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> At 08:58 AM 04/07/2006, Rainer.Facius at dlr.de wrote:
> >The senior employee in full compliance with the safety regulations shortly
> >inspected the irradiation room
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> Rainer
> 
> Was the employee required to have a dose meter?
> 
> mike
> Mike McNaughton
> Los Alamos National Lab.
> email: mcnaught at LANL.gov or mcnaughton at LANL.gov
> phone: 505-667-6130; page: 505-664-7733
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