RE: OOPS(radiography overexposure)

["Stokes, James" <StokesJ@TTNUS.COM>]

 There was also a case MANY years ago involving a licensed radiographer.

Here placed the source in his pants pocket and recieved an estimated  thigh

dose of 2,000,000 REM.  Both legs were amputated at the buttocks.  A series

of photos of the progressive amputations can be found in a book on

raditation prinicples by Gollnick, (title forgotten).  I actually got to

speak with his coworker back in 1986 about the incident.



Jim Stokes RRPT



-----Original Message-----

From: Johansen.Kjell

To: Radsafe (E-mail)

Sent: 10/9/01 6:00 PM

Subject: OOPS(radiography overexposure)



Janet Westbrook inquired about an over exposure incident. From the

description I believe the incident occurred to someone not familier with

radiography who found a radiographic source, picked it up and put it in

his back pocket.  The folding over of the skin flap and subsequent

developments are vividly covered  in a  NUREG on radiography training.

I do not remember the number, but it was a low number, 00??, with a

yellow and black cover and printed in landscape format.  In a former

lifetime I used it in a rad safety training class I taught for users of

fixed gauges. 



Kjell Johansen 

Point Beach Nuclear Plant       

Two Rivers, WI 

kjell.johansen@wepco.com 



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