Re[2]: Russian Criticality accident

[Danny_L_Rice@RL.gov]

     There appears to be an assumption that the medical effort to treat the 
     individual did not lead to his death.  Not knowing personally, but 
     from the information provided concerning the quality of medical care 
     in Russia, this is a possibility worth considering.
     
     Just a thought.
     
     Danny Rice
     danny_l_rice@ccmail.rl.gov  


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Subject: Re: Russian Criticality accident
Author:  Mike Grissom <mikeg@SLAC.Stanford.EDU> at -MailLink
Date:    6/25/97 10:05


Radsafers:
     
Table 15.1 in "The Health Physics and Radiological 
Health Handbook", p. 602, notes that for the 'Acute 
Radiation Syndrome', 'Nervous System' effects are 
expected 'above 50 Gy'.
     
In this case, where transient incapacitation seems
to have been indicated, 5,000 rads would be possible. 
A better reference, discussing such issues as 
transient compared with permanent incapacitation as
a function of whole body dose, would be "Military 
Radiobiology" by Jim Conklin and Richard Walker.
     
In my opinion, the rapid onset of death while 
undergoing "heroic" medical intervention procedures 
indicates substantially more than 5,000 rad whole body 
dose (possibly greater than 10,000 rad partial
body dose, including the brain).  This assumes
the 42 year old victim was in generally good health 
and that no combined injury parameters, such as trauma
from burns/explosive forces/projectiles occurred at the 
accident scene.
     
S.,
     
MikeG.
     
At 09:03 AM 6/25/97 -0500, you wrote: 
>At 08:25 1997-06-25 -0500, you wrote: 
>>
>>Boyd Rose has made the comment that the report of the accident contains 
>>some interesting statements. One further one is the reported dose of 600 
>>roentgens of neutron radiation. ...
     
     
Michael P. Grissom
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