A worker unknowingly put an unshielded 185 GBq iridium-192 source used for industrial radiography in his pocket. As a result of exposure to the iridium ...

In March 1984, a serious radiation accident occurred in Morocco, at the Mohammedia power plant, where eight people died from pulmonary hemorrhaging.

The accident was caused by a missing radioactive source. It was due to non-compliance licensing conditions by two radiographers dispatched by an industrial ...

On 20 February 1999, a serious radiological acci- dent occurred at the Yanango hydroelectric power plant in Peru when a worker (a welder) picked up an 192Ir ...

17 апр. 2024 г. · Iridium-192 (Ir-192) is a manmade radioactive ... External exposure to Ir-192 can cause burns, acute radiation sickness, and even death.

The cause of the event was a loose screw in the treatment device that interfered with the gear reeling the source. This event had minimal clinical effects on ...

85-57: LOST IRIDIUM-192 SOURCE RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF EIGHT PERSONS IN ... The accident originated at a fossil-fueled power plant under construction ...

Consequences of industrial radiography gamma rays accidents (greater than 20Gy) are skin necrosis in various parts of the body (1). Two up to three decades ...

The patient, Mr. Wang, was a 58-year-old male janitor who was accidentally exposed to a 192 Ir source with an activity of 966.4 GBq or 26.1 Ci.

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the biological dose by the chromosome aberration analysis in a victim suffered in the radioactive source-loss accident in Nanjing ...