Re: radiological accidents

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From: Sonter Mark

To: 'radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu'

Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:58 AM

Subject: radiological accidents

Hi All,

Do any of you radiation gurus out there in RadsafeLand have any idea where I
can get a good compendium of radiological accidents, worldwide?

(You know, a book relating the basic details of the Goiania, Juarez, Taiwan
rebar, Thailand, Georgia, and other historical and more recent lost /
stolen source stories and other gruesome stories such as various irradiator
accidents, etc)

I am not so interested in the errors-in-therapy and maladministration of
radiopharmaceuticals stories, which are legion,,,

Mark Sonter
Radiation Control Section
NSW Environmental Protection Authority
Fax +61 2 9995 6603
Phone +61 2 9995 5974

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1) About Goiania you can find my two ppt at ftp://ehssun.lbl.gov/tdcpub/ppt/

Site offered by our colleague Ted de Castro

2) About Radiological Accident in general, I am writting the following text TWO DECADES OF RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENTS DIRECT CAUSES, ROOTS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES, waiting near future Congress. You can use for your purpose some of the same references that I have used, published by IAEA. Look at your library or ask to IAEA

Jose Julio Rozental

joseroze@netvision.net.il

Israel

[1] Strengthening Radiation Safety and Security, Abel J. Gonzales, IAEA Bulletin 41/3/1999

[2]RADIATION SOURCES RAISE GLOBAL CONCERNS BY PEDRO ORTIZ,VILMOS FRIEDRICH, JOHN WHEATLEY, & MODUPE ORESEGUN, Bulletin 41/3/1999

[3] The Radiological Accident in Goiania, IAEA REF: STI/PUB/815, 1988

[4] ACCIDENTAL OVEREXPOSURE OF RADIOTHERAPY PATIENTS IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, IAEA REF: STI/PUB/1027, 1998

[5] The Radiological Accident in San Salvador, IAEA Ref STI/PUB/847, 1990

[6] The Radiological Accident in Soreq, IAEA Ref STI/PUB/925, 1993)

[7] AN ELECTRON ACCELERATOR ACCIDENT IN HANOI, VIET NAM, IAEA Ref STI/PUB/1008, 1996

[8] THE RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT AT THE IRRADIATION FACILITY IN NESVIZH, IAEA Ref STI/PUB/1010, 1996

[9] THE RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT IN TAMMIKU, IAEA REF: STI/PUB/1053, 1998

[10] Lessons Learned from Accidents in Industrial Irradiation Facilities: STI/PUB/1015, Vienna, 1996

[11] Lessons Learned from Accidents from Accidents in Industrial Radiography, Safety Report Series No. 7, IAEA 1998

[12] THE RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT IN YANANGO, IAEA REF: STI/PUB/1101, 2000

[13] THE RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT IN ISTAMBUL, IAEA REF: STI/PUB/1102, 2000

[14] Investigation of an Accidental Exposure of Radiotherapy Patients in Panama, 2001

[15] The Radiological Accident in Samut Prakarn, Thailand STI/PUB/1123, 2002

[16] The Radiological Accident in Gilan, Iran STI/PUB/, 2002 (2002)

[17] Management for the Prevention of Accidents from Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources, IAEA-TECDOC-1205 (2001)