Date: 1961

Location: Plymouth, United Kingdom

Type of event: radiography accident

Description:

X-ray overexposures caused localized injuries to possibly 11 individuals.

Consequences: 11 injuries?

References:

• Mould, R. F., 2000, Chernobyl Record: The Definitive History of the Chernobyl Catastrophe, Institute of Physics Publ. (Bristol, UK).

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