[ RadSafe ] Maypuri Co-60 news items -- source of co-60

[Mark Dowdall]

Hi Many thanks for that....it seems more information is now forthcoming as to the source.

A quick scan for the most common irradiators using Co-60 and coming from Canada and in use in India since the seventies indicates that the most probable candidates had up to 54 "wires" in them.

One hopes that, in such a situation, the missing 43 or so do not cause the same problems...

m 

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Fra: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] På vegne av Cary Renquist
Sendt: 29. april 2010 00:43
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Emne: Re: [ RadSafe ] Maypuri Co-60 news items -- source of co-60

On the subject of dose; I haven't seen any dose estimates other than the 2-4 Gy ones.

A colleague just sent this to me -- they found out from where the sources originated.

The Pioneer  Online Edition :  Radioactive source traced to Delhi University lab
Link:  http://j.mp/bTmKsc

Looks like the irradiator came from the chemistry dept at Delhi University.

Cary

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From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Dowdall
Sent: Wednesday, 28 April 2010 09:16
To: Maury Siskel
Cc: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Maypuri Co-60 news items

Hi 

Thanks for that but those sources were my first port of call and subsequently precipitated my attempts to obtain more reliable information in particular as to doses.

The Indian (and other) press is mentioning doses to the deceased of the order of 1.9 Gy to something between 3 and 4 Gy.

The first of these just sound a little too low for the condition the man ended up in?

I therefore wondered had anyone any reliable sources of information as to the possible doses he got ? As in WHO, IAEA, official Indian estimates?

m
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From: Maury Siskel [maurysis at peoplepc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 4:37 PM
To: Mark Dowdall
Cc: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
Subject: Re: Maypuri Co-60 news items

Entering co-60 into google news will lead to these links.
Best,
Maury&Dog (MaurySiskel  maurysis at peoplepc.com<mailto:maurysis at peoplepc.com>)
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Co-60 source of radiation in W Delhi, situation normal<http://www.ptinews.com/news/603030_Co-60-source-of-radiation-in-W-Delhi--situation-normal> <javascript:void(0);> Press Trust of India - ‎Apr 9, 2010‎ New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Radiation levels in west Delhi's Mayapuri were today back to normal, a day after exposure to radioactive isotope Cobalt-60 was ...

Video: Scientists search, seize radioactive material at Delhi market[cid:part1.07020807.09000201 at peoplepc.com]<javascript:void(0);> NDTV.com Video:  Scientists search, seize radioactive material at Delhi market [http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/cleardot.gif] <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBuW5i_PcdU>  NDTV.com AERB Probe into Mayapuri Radiation<http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?679139> Outlook Mayapuri Radiation Case: Accident level on International Nuclear Event Scale ...<http://www.mynews.in/News/Mayapuri_Radiation_Case_Accident_level_on_International_Nuclear_Event_Scale_%28INES%29_not_revealed_N45205.html> MyNews.in Hindustan Times<http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/Delhi-market-cleared-of-radioactive-material-Co-60-radiation-source/529404/H1-Article1-529285.aspx> - Webnewswire.com<http://www.webnewswire.com/node/522903>
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