Rades orphaned source, 2008

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Rades orphaned source, 2008

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 19 November 2011

Date: 23 March 2008

Location: Rades, Tunisia

Type of event: lost source

Description:

A worker carried an unshielded industrial radiography Ir-192 source by hand for some period, sustaining a 200 rem whole body dose. IAEA was notified 19 April 2008. The worker was transported to France on 1 May 2008 for treatment for radiation injury.

Consequences: 1 injury

References:

IAEA, July 2009, "Nuclear Safety Review for the Year 2008," IAEA (Vienna, Austria), on line at IAEA [http://www.iaea.org/About/Policy/GC/GC53/GC53InfDocuments/English/gc53inf-2_en.pdf].
IRSN, 5 May 2008, "Une victime tunisienne d'un accident d'irradiation industrielle est transfe're'e en France dans un centre spe'cialise' dans le traitement des brûlures radiologiques," IRSN, on line [http://www.irsn.fr/FR/Actualites_presse/Communiques_et_dossiers_de_presse/Pages/accident_irradiation_industrielle_tunisie_032008.aspx].

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