Date: 1961

Location: Switzerland

Type of event: radiological contamination with tritiated paint

Description:

An incident in Switzerland involving radiation exposure from tritium-containing paint caused one death from a 300-rem dose and significant exposures to two other individuals.

Consequences: 1 fatality (300 rem), 2 injuries.

References:

• IAEA, 1988, The Radiological Accident in Goiania, IAEA (Vienna, Austria), on line at IAEA [http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub815_web.pdf].
• Mould, R. F., 2000, Chernobyl Record: The Definitive History of the Chernobyl Catastrophe, Institute of Physics Publ. (Bristol, UK).

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