Date: June 1985

Location: Shanghai, P.R. China

Type of event: accelerator accident

Description:

Two workers entered the room containing a 1.5-Mv Van de Graff electron accelerator while it was running, resulting in significant exposures. One worker received burns from a localized dose of 2500-21000 rad.

Consequences: 2 injuries.

References:

• Mould, R. F., 2000, Chernobyl Record: The Definitive History of the Chernobyl Catastrophe, Institute of Physics Publ. (Bristol, UK).
• Ziqiang, Pan, Fan Shengen, and Cong Huiling, 1996, "Exposure dose assessment and discussion on radioisotope production and application," Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 206(2):239-249.

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