Re: radiological accidents

[JGinniver@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 30/10/02 01:20:22 GMT Standard Time, sonterm@EPA.NSW.GOV.AU writes:



> Do any of you radiation gurus out there in RadsafeLand have any idea where I 
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> can get a good compendium of radiological accidents, worldwide? 
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> (You know, a book relating the basic details of the Goiania, Juarez, Taiwan 
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> rebar, Thailand, Georgia, and other historical and more recent  lost / 
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> stolen source stories and other gruesome stories such as various irradiator 
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> accidents, etc) 



Many of the significant accidents have been investigated by the IAEA.  Copies of the reports are available from the IAEA.  Some can be downloaded for free in pdf from, these include:

Gilan - Worker exposed to Ir-192 radiography source

Samut Prakarn - 10 people exposed to dismantled Co-60 teletherapy source

Sarov - Criticality accident

Tomsk - reprocessing plant accident


Other are not yet available in pdf format, but can be purchased directly from the IAEA.  These include:

Goiania- cost 31.25 Euro/USD

San Salvador -  Irradiator facility 24.71 Euro/USD

Soreq (Israel) - Irradiator facility 21.8 Euro/USD

Nesvizh - Irradiator facility 20.35 Euro/USD

Hanoi (Viet Nam) - Electron Accelerator Accident 14.53 Euro/USD

Tommiku (Estonia) - Source removed from radioactive waste facility 20.35 Euro/USD

Yanango (Peru) - Ir-192 source accident 14.53 Euro/USD

Istanbul - Eposure to 2x Co-60 Teletherapy units 21.08 Euro/USD

Lilo (Georgia) - Exposure to a number of sealed sources 26.89 Euro/USD


Hope this is what you had in mind.  Regards, Julian