Re: Irradiator Accidents

["David W. Lee" <lee_david_w@lanl.gov>]

Otto:  Try the following pubs which summarize fatalities associated with Co-60 irradiators:



Kjeller, Norway, September 1982

San Salvador, El Salvador, February 1989	

Soreq, Israel, June 1990

Nesvizh Russia (Belarus) October 1991

PUBLICATIONS: 

"The Radiological Accident at the Irradiation Facility in Nesvizh,"  IAEA 1996, ISBN 92-0-101396-5

"The Radiological Accident in Soreq," IAEA 1993, ISBN 92-0-101693-X

"Lessons Learned from Accidents in Industrial Irradiation Facilities," IAEA 1996, ISBN 92-0-102696-X

Best regards  David







At 11:08 AM 15-01-98 -0600, you wrote:
>January 15, 1998
>Davis, CA
>
>A local anti-nuclear group claims that there have been fatalities in
>accidents involving Co-60 irradiators used for sterilizing purposes
>somewhere in the world. Does anyone have any info on such accidents?
>
>Otto
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David W. Lee
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