Re: World-wide criticality accidents

[Amy Gudelski <agudelski@xray.hmc.psghs.edu>]

Hi George!
A little sooner than that-it will be in the November issue.

Vargo, G.  A Brief History of Nuclear Criticality Accidents in 
Russia--1953-1997. Health Phys.77:505-511; 1999.

Amy 
HPJ
agudelski@xray.hmc.psghs.edu
			

Vargo, George J wrote:
> 
> The number 60 sounds reasonable.  There are a few good sources of information.
> Perhaps the best source on the early accidents is:
> 
  I
> have written a paper that describes 14 criticality accidents in Russia between
> 1953 and 1997 (PNNL-12199). ...should be published in the December 1999 issue of
> Health Physics.
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