Date: March 1986

Location: Beijing, P.R. China

Type of event: accidental exposure to source

Description:

Following an equipment failure with an irradiator using a cobalt-60 source, two workers entered the irradiation room and sustained doses of 70 and 80 rad.

Consequences: 2 injuries.

References:

• 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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