Re: ILLINOIS RADIOGRAPHER RECEIVED 15 SIEVERT (1,5

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>]

Bill,



One more point .. What I posted didn't have the additional 

information that you provided, based on the NRC PNO-Ill-02-019. By 

stating that I should review each and every posting for accuracy, 

also implies that before I post any news article from a wire service, 

or government posting, that I now need to go and review each and 

every document. I think that is a bit unreasonable. If I were writing 

a book, or historical document, that would be in order. I don't 

believe posting to Radsafe, or Powernet, rises to that level.



Regards,



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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Sandy Perle

Director, Technical

ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Service

ICN Plaza, 3300 Hyland Avenue

Costa Mesa, CA 92626



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