Date: January 1998

Location: Nanjing, P.R. China

Type of event: source accident

Description:

Equipment failure involving a cobalt-60 source led to whole body dose of 500 rad to one person who developed severe radiation sickness.

Consequences: 1 injury.

References:

• Han, Lin, Yu Gao, Ping Wang, and Yumin Lyu, 2020, "Cytogenetic biodosimetry for radiation accidents in China," Radiation Medicine and Protection, 1:133-139.

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