France radiography accident, 1995 (original) (raw)

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**Date:**1995

**Location:**France

**Type of event:**radiography accident

Description:

An employee of a boiler-making firm suffered localized radiation injury from handling of a 27-curie iridium-192 source. The details of exposure were not immediately known since the exposure was not immediately recognized. The employee developed radiation injuries to his hands which were only connected to his exposure when his dosimeter was processed and showed a dose of 20 rem. The exposure to his hands was over 3,000 rem.

**Consequences:**1 injury.

References:

• UNSCEAR, 2000, "Annex E: Occupational radiation exposures," in Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation: United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly, with Scientific Annexes, Volume I: Sources, UNSCEAR, on line at UNSCEAR [http://www.unscear.org/docs/reports/annexe.pdf].

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