Date: 8 March 1960

Location: Lockport, New York, USA

Type of event: accidental exposure to x-ray source

Description:

Two patients were accidentally exposed to an unshielded Klystron tube; in both cases the exposures were mostly to the head and torso are were estimated at about 1,000 rad.

Consequences: 2 injuries.

References:

• Gerber, Georg, Gisela Gerber, S. Kurohara, K. I. Altman, and L. H. Hempelmann, 1961, "Urinary excretion of several metabolites in persons accidentally exposed to ionizing radiation," Radiation Research, 15:314-318.

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