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Re: ILLINOIS RADIOGRAPHER RECEIVED 15 SIEVERT (1,5
Bill,
Not MY statement. That was the published document.
On 24 May 2002 at 12:15, William V Lipton wrote:
> After reading the NRC's PNO-III-02-019, on this incident, I'd have to disagree
> with your statement that, "...The incident wasn't reported
> at the time of occurrence because the radiographer didn't realize he
> had been irradiated..." This document states that, after observing that the
> source drive cable was still in the guide tube, the radiographer noticed that
> his survey instrument was off scale. It seems that the radiographer knew he'd
> been irradiated, but thought that he could cover up his errors. This proved
> impossible, when he experienced severe radiation injury.
>
> The disturbing question: How often does this situation occur, but is never
> reported, because there is no clinical injury?
>
> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
> It's not about dose, it's about trust.
> Curies forever.
>
> Bill Lipton
> liptonw@dteenergy.com
>
>
> Sandy Perle wrote:
>
> > Courtesy of Mike Russell, as posted on Powernet:
> >
> > AN ILLINOIS RADIOGRAPHER RECEIVED 15 SIEVERT (1,500 REM) TO HIS LOWER
> > LEG in a June 2000 incident which the NRC has now rated at Level 3 on
> > the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES). According to an item
> > posted today on the IAEA's NEWS events web site, Illinois authorities
> > have now concluded that the industrial radiographer received a
> > radiation burn from the 81-curie iridium-192 source while X-raying
> > pipe welds at a facility in Channahon. The incident wasn't reported
> > at the time of occurrence because the radiographer didn't realize he
> > had been irradiated, but after his condition worsened and he was
> > examined, a physician concluded the burn had resulted from the
> > unshielded source. The final Level 3 rating, indicating a serious
> > incident, is the highest ever given to a U.S. radiation incident
> > since the U.S. began using the international severity scale. It
> > results from INES criteria for rating "overexposure of a worker
> > resulting in acute health effects."
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
>
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Sandy Perle
Director, Technical
ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Service
ICN Plaza, 3300 Hyland Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Tel:(714) 545-0100 / (800) 548-5100 Extension 2306
Fax:(714) 668-3149
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net
E-Mail: sperle@icnpharm.com
Personal Website: http://sandy-travels.com
ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Website: http://www.dosimetry.com
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