Re: Accelerator Incidents?

[rick_strickert@pc.radian.com]

Tim Paul asked:

>  Does anyone know of good reference materials on accelerator
>  incidents.  I'd like information on both medical and non-medical
>  accelerators.

Try -

_Set Phasers on Stun and Other True Tales of Design, Technology and
Human Error_ by Steven Casey, Aegean Publishing Co., Santa Barbara, CA,
1993. (ISBN 0-9636178-7-7)

The first chapter is about a medical Therac-25 accelerator incident in
the 80s, with 18 references.  It also provided the title for the book.

Rick

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