Harbin source accident, 1998 (original) (raw)
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**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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