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Guidance for Radiation Accident Management Introduction Basics of Radiation Detection Measurement Safety Around Radiation Sources Types of Radiation Exposure Managing Radiation...

This report discusses a radiation exposure accident of personnel at the Hanford production reactor facilities.

... ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE, SAFETY, INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE, PREVENTION, RADIATION HAZARDS, CASE ...

RADIATION ACCIDENTS. Accidents resulting in the spread of radioactive material or in the exposure of individual to radiation. RADIATION AREA ...

... OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION ...835.1304 Nuclear accident dosimetry...individuals to radiation from a nuclear accident is possible...involved in a nuclear accident to determine...significant exposures to radiation occurred;...

One year after the reactor accident at Chernobyl an estimate as objective as possible of the average exposure of the Austrian population in the first year after the accident is attempted. Besides the exposure path of external radiation from the cloud and ...

Guidance for Radiation Accident Management Introduction Basics of Radiation Detection Measurement Safety Around Radiation Sources Types of Radiation Exposure Managing Radiation...

... COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION, *RADIATION DOSAGE, HUMANS, NEW YORK, THESES, IODINE, EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY), RADIOACTIVE ...

... EXPOSURE(GENERAL), REPORTS, LASERS, STANDARDS, INVENTORY CONTROL, DISPOSAL, ARMY, IONIZING RADIATION, ACCIDENTS. ...

Guidance for Radiation Accident Management Introduction Basics of Radiation Detection Measurement Safety Around Radiation Sources Keeping Exposure Low Working Safely Around...

Several definitions of a radiation emergency are given, and several improvements that should be made in emergency procedures are outlined. The AEC experience in radiation accidents and its methods for coping with them are described. Personnel dosimetry, exposures of rescue teams, and ...

Decisions on the application of countermeasures for accident situations must take into account the cost of these countermeasures and the feasibility of reducing the exposure. A contribution to the solution of this problem, rested on the application of the...

On the basis of the work (ground investigations and gamma aerial surveys) carried out jointly by the Rosgidromet organizations and Berezovgeologiya, data on the radiation exposure in Russia were obtained shortly after the accident of April 6, 1993 already...

Accidents involving exposure to radiation or radioactive materials may involve an unusual degree of emotional trauma. Methods that may be employed in dealing with such trauma are discussed in relation to a specific accident in which a radiation worker was injured and seriously contaminated with ...

Accidents involving exposure to radiation or radioactive materials may involve an unusual degree of emotional trauma. Methods that may be employed in dealing with such trauma are discussed in relation to a specific accident in which a radiation worker was injured and seriously contaminated with ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute is proceeding with construction of the High-Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR). Since the HTTR has some characteristics different from light-water reactors (LWRs), the analytical method of radiation exposure in accidents provided for LWRs cannot be applied directly to HTTRs. Therefore ...

... in the following areas: health effects of exposure to radiation, possible consequences resulting from accidents, and nuclear nonproliferation. ...

... for a hypothetical population of individuals exposed to these levels of radiation. Cancer ... exposure to naturally occurring radon. ...

... Corporate Author : FEDERAL FIRE COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC. ... exhaustion, pneumonic cardiac effects and exposure to ionizing radiation. ...

An overview of dose concepts (ion doses, energy doses, equivalent doses, GSD, effective equivalent doses) and of radiation exposure of humans with an appendix dealing with the additional radiation exposure brought about by the Chernobyl accident. (ERA cit...

The author considered medical consequences of radiation accidents on Industrial Association "Mayak" (radioactive waste discharge into Techa river and accident in 1957). Results of longstanding observations helped to evaluate health state of people exposed to radiation and their descendants. PMID:16381478

The bibliography contains citations concerning the impact of radiation accidents on humans. Citations discuss exposure assessment, malfunction and misuse of radiation sources, dosimetry, radiation epidemiology, radiation-induced neoplasms, and nuclear facility licensing. ...

The national emergency plan for nuclear accidents is a plan of action designed to provide a response to accidents involving the release or potential release of radioactive substances into the environment, which could give rise to radiation exposure to the...

... could result from conven- tional military scenarios including nuclear weapons use and low-dose exposures during radiation accidents or terrorist ...

... could result from conventional military scenarios including nuclear weapons use and low-dose exposures during radiation accidents or terrorist ...

... the streams, rivers and lakes further contaminating the food ... ionizing radiations (Akleev, 1991). ... the effects that exposure to ionizing radiation has on ...

Reactor accidents and safety measures at nuclear installations are discussed using information from reports on operational accidents and radiation exposure experience within the USAEC, Japan, and the UK. Accident records with detailed data on reactor sites, radioactive substances, ...

The mathematical basis is presented for computation of the expected number of stochastic somatic fatalities as a consequence of radiation exposure for relevant exposure pathways in the aftermath of a nuclear accident. On the basis of these fundamentals, e...

The theme of this study is to quantify the amount of transuranium activity in different parts of the plant after various fuel accidents, and which impact such contamination has on radiation exposure and costs for decommissioning the plant. The consequence...

The report discusses the potential for significant human exposure to internal radiation. Sources of radiation considered include background radiation, fallout, reactor accidents, radioactive waste, and occupational exposure to various radioisotopes. (ERA ...

This collection of summaries concerning the effects in humans of low�level radiation exposure provides an overview of radiation physics, radiobiology, radiation risk estimation, and radiation protection. Topics include an introduction to quantification of radiation does, ...

The summary includes descriptions of serious accidents for l959 and 1960, AEC industrial injury frequency rates, criticality accidents, radiation exposures, accidents involving radioactive materials in AEC activities during 1959 and 1960, and accidents involving ...

The growing awareness of the problems concerning contamination by airborne radionuclides has established the need for the gathering of information involving filtering effectiveness of charcoals, both during and after high levels of radiation exposure. This includes filters currently in use in reactor environments and also in clean room applications. This ...

A review of selected investigations of animal irradiation studies, radiation therapy experience, and radiation accident accounts is presented, and some acute effects of protected ionizing radiation exposure on animals and humans are discussed. Various gui...

, the by-product of nuclear-weapon testing in the atmosphere, is a source of radiation. Other sources of radiation include emissions of radioactive materials from nuclear facilities such as uranium mines, fuel to a member of the public from a nuclear accident 5 rem Annual limit for occupational exposure of ...

A review. (H.H.D.)17:027632Topics discussed include: procedures to be followed the first 12 hr after an accident; later emergency period; clinical features of the acute radiation syndrome; therapy and long-term follow-up studies; hospital disaster plans for radiation accidents; problems of psychological ...

The Three Mile Island accident was the worst accident ever experienced by the nuclear power industry. Although the radiation exposures were extremely low, the potential for greater public exposure did exist. Fortunately, the health and safety of the public were not affected by ...

An overview and assessment of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl is presented. The authors have assembled data from throughout Europe to estimate upper bounds for the possible radiation releases from the accident, the exposures these may produce in humans, and the health consequences that may follow. Measurements of ...

This bibliography contains citations concerning the impact of radiation accidents on humans. Radiation exposure assessment for determining appropriate medical treatment is discussed. The effects of ingesting food or inhaling air irradiated by accident fallout are considered. Follow-up studies ...

Much of the information on the health effects of radiation exposure available to date comes from long-term studies of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Accidental exposures, such as those resulting from the Chernobyl and Kyshtym accidents, have as yet provided little information concerning health ...

This paper revisits three major accidents that occurred in South America. The main purpose of this review is to analyze the long term health and other effects of accidental exposures to ionizing radiation in order to extract lessons from these radiological emergencies that might be useful for avoiding similar events (primary ...

There occurred in 1971 an accidental exposure to gamma rays from an / sup 192/Ir source received by persons not regularly occupied in radiation work. To serve in planning the therapeutic treatment, a method for estimating the gamma -ray exposure received by these .persons was devised. The method is based on the idea of ...

General's Office released two reports today containing the reevaluations of radiation exposure for personnel who participated in the clean up of a 1966 nuclear weapons accident in...

Workers close to the reactor could be affected by External exposure to highly radioactive materials within the reactor External contamination by radioactivity released and...

Achievable (Typically in reference to exposure to hazardous materials or hazards such as radiation.) BBAP Behavior-Based Accident Prevention Program CATS Corrective Action...

The authors considered medical consequences of radiation accidents (burial of radioactive waste into Techa river and accident in 1957) in "Majak" Industrial Association. Results of long-term observations helped to evaluate health state of people who underwent chronic exposure to radiation and ...

A first version of models has been developed for predicting the number of occurrences of health effects induced by radiation exposure in nuclear reactor accidents. The models are based on the health effects models developed originally by Harvard Universit...

Apart from the dramatic increase in thyroid cancer in those exposed as children, there is no evidence to date of a major public health impact as a result of radiation exposure due to the Chernobyl accident in the three most affected countries (Belarus, Ru...

During the last few years the radiopathology service of the Curie Foundation has admitted more than a hundred patients who were followed and treated for irradiation or suspected irradiation after a work accident. Accidents followed by clinical symptoms ac...

The growing awareness of the problems concerning contamination by airborne radionuclides has established the need for the gathering of information involving filtering effectiveness of charcoals, both during and after high levels of radiation exposure. thi...

...receive a radiation dose in excess of 0...total effective dose equivalent (TEDE). (iii) Adequate radiation protection is provided...personnel receiving radiation exposures in excess of 0...total effective dose equivalent...

Information is presented on accidents andd incidents occurring during 1961 and 1962 in plants owned and operated by the AEC. Revised reporting requirements established by the AEC in April 1962 are outlined. Data are summarized on radiation exposure of AEC contractor personnel, accidents involving ...

Much of the information on the health effects of radiation exposure available to date comes from long-term studies of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Accidental exposures, such as those resulting from the Chernobyl and Kyshtym accidents, have as yet provided little information concerning health ...

A concerted action, termed METREPOL, was accepted by the Commission of the European Communities and was started in December 1997. Its purpose was to develop a new approach to the medical management of radiation accident victims with respect to diagnostic procedures and therapeutic options, based on recognition and evaluation of health impairments after ...

Radiation emergency planning is discussed for emergencies resulting from the loss of control of radioactive materials such as spills of radioactive materials, fires, explosions, vehicular accidents, and energized equipment. It is pointed out that the extent and involvement in severity and type of radiation ...

The immediate medical response to the nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station involved containment of the radioactivity and evacuation of the nearby population. The next step consisted of assessment of the radiation dose received by individuals, based on biological dosimetry, and treatment of those exposed. Medical care involved treatment ...

This book contains the proceedings on medical management of radiation accidents. Topics covered include: Fundamentals of radiation accidents, Emergency room management of radiation accidents, and Special aspects of nuclear power.

Management of radiation mass casualty exposure that may occur as a result of nuclear or radiation accident will depend on the type of accident, and of the knowledge about the actual radiation exposure situation for those who might be involved. ...

After a definition of the primary physicochemical effects of radiation, the characteristics of the absorption of radiations by tissues, and the immediate causes of tissue radio-lesions, the radiological symptoms following either partial or whole-body exposure are analyzed. The particular symptoms of ...

to a member of the public from a nuclear accident 5 rem Annual limit for occupational exposure of radiationAppendix F: Radiation #12;#12;Appendix F: Radiation F-3 Fig. F.1. The hydrogen atom and its isotopes. Appendix F: Radiation This appendix presents basic facts about ...

to a member of the public from a nuclear accident 5 rem Annual limit for occupational exposure of radiationAppendix F: Radiation #12;#12;Appendix F: Radiation F-3 P P P E E E N NN HYDROGEN ATOM DEUTERIUM ATOM. The hydrogen atom and its isotopes. Appendix F: Radiation This ...

A system of dosimetry for persons involved in accidental criticality excursions is presented as part A of a two part report. The information is arranged to be useful as a reference for those responsible for implementing the system. Part A also contains a review and re-evaluation of the dosimetry of previous accidents and a synopsis of part B. Pants A and B together ...

Reports are presented on the following subjects: radiation control work, data on personnel exposure, release of radioactive wastes, background, accidents, blood studies, fundamental research, and development work. The fundamental research included shielding studies, external and internal exposure, ...

The aim of this study was to develop a rapid and simple method for the triage of radiation accident victims, according to the severity of radiation-induced damage, especially when the radiological nature of the accident is recognised late or gives rise to a protracted irradiation. The work was based on the recent ...

Major issues associated with the use of nuclear power are health hazards of exposure to radioactive materials; sources of radiation exposure; reactor accidents; sabotage of nuclear facilities; diversion of fissile material and its use for extortion; and t...

This paper addresses the issue of inhalation exposure immediately afterward and for a long time following a nuclear accident. For the cases where either a nuclear weapon burns or explodes prior to nuclear fission, or at locations close to a nuclear reactor accident containing fission products, a major concern is the inhalation of ...

... and D. C. Lloyd. Easy biodosimetry for high-dose radiation exposure using drug-induced, prematurely condensed chromosomes. Int. J. ... OF RETROSPECTIVE DOSIMETRY TECHNIQUES FOR EXTERNAL IONISING RADIATION...

[PubMed Citation] Bender MA, Gooch PC. Somatic chromosome aberrations induced by human whole-body irradiation: the "Recuplex" criticality accident. Radiat Res....

of accidental cutaneous radiation exposure: fifteen years of follow-up after the Chernobyl accident. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003 Sep;49(3):417-23. [PubMed Citation] Chronic...

The psychological stressors and their aftereffects associated with the Three Mile Island accident, the Goiania, Brazil, cesium-137 accident, and the Abadia, Brazil, storage location are summarized and compared. Cross-cultural comparisons of human responses to ionizing radiation are rare. A multidisciplinary methodological approach to ...

This website contains basic information on ionizing radiation and explores the controversy about the health effects of radiation exposure. It contains several pages that present studies and analysis regarding the consequences of radiation exposure, including findings related to the atomic bomb ...

... and recovering from a nuclear accident or incident ... Descriptors : * EMERGENCIES, *NUCLEAR RADIATION, *RESPONSE, *RADIATION ...

... Radiation on Behavior and the Brain; Nuclear Weapons Accident Response Procedure; Management of Radiation Accidents; Medical Operations ...

In order to carry out epidemiological research on the influence of radiation factors on the health of people living in centres of population areas contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident, a knowledge of the amount of external and internal expos...

Consideration is given to the instrument requirements for peacetime accidents involving radioactivity. Analysis of the problem is directed at determining the requirements for measuring the radiation field, the contamination level, and personnel exposure. A general description of the characteristics of the various instrument ...

Information is presented concerning the radioactive releases from the containment following accidents; radioactive inventory of the reactor core; atmospheric dispersion; reactor sites and meteorological data; radioactive decay and deposition from plumes; finite distance of plume travel; dosimetric models; health effects; demographic data; mitigation of ...

First published in 1955, this novel follows the consequences of a scientist�s exposure to a lethal dose of radiation while working on an atomic bomb project at Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1946. Inspired by an actual accident at that location, the book confronts the devastating consequences of radiation while ...

The analysis of chromosomal aberrations in peripheral blood of radiation accident victims is an established method of biological dosimetry. The dose estimate on the basis of an in vitro calibration curve is straightforward when the radiation exposure is homogeneous and the analysis not delayed. In recent years ...

The unfortunate accidents of Chernobyl and Fukushima have led to an enormous amount of radioactive material being released into the atmosphere. Radiation exposure to the human body may be as a result of accidents, such as those in Chernobyl and Fukushima, or due to occupational hazards, such as in the employees of ...

The unfortunate accidents of Chernobyl and Fukushima have led to an enormous amount of radioactive material being released into the atmosphere. Radiation exposure to the human body may be as a result of accidents, such as those in Chernobyl and Fukushima, or due to occupational hazards, such as in the employees of ...

An account is given of some short-term high-level radiation exposures to man in various accidents, the radiation syndromes arising therefrom, and the factors modifying the clinical effects. Biological and clinical indicators of radiation dosage and criteria of ...

Discussions are presented of various aspects of radiation safety as they related to nuclear medicine installations. Included in the discussions are: the regulation of radioactive material used in medicine; safe design of nuclear medicine laboratories; personnel radiation exposure monitoring; receiving and monitoring radioacive ...

, is a source of radiation. Other sources of radiation include emissions of radioactive materials from nuclear accident 5 rem Annual limit for occupational exposure of radiation workers set by the U.S. NuclearAppendix G: Radiation #12;#12;P P P E E E N NN HYDROGEN ATOM ...

BS>It is noted that the chief potential radiological hazards posed by radiostrontium are direct external radiation exposures, and internal radiation exposures as a consequence of ingestion and inhalation. The conclusions to be derived from the analysis are that containment for the strontium titanate is ...

As a part of the Accident Initiation and Progression Analysis (AIPA) program, calculations were performed of the occupational dose rates and man-rem exposures from gas-borne and plateout activities in a reference 3000-MW(t) HTGR plant. The study included ...

To date, there has been little experimental knowledge on the genetic risks of human exposure to ionising radiation for humans. Recent data suggest that hypervariable tandem repeat minisatellite loci provide a useful and sensitive experimental approach for monitoring radiation-induced germline mutation in humans. Here, I review the ...

A description of a practical approach to the problem of the clinical management of radiation disaster patients is offered. Important details involve adequate control of the admission room, as well as determination of the type of exposure and the radiation dose. Most of the treatment now available is supportive in nature. ...

Coatings for commercial nuclear power plants need to withstand humidity, radiation exposure, and LOC accident conditions; they also must be decontaminable. Tests for decontaminability, radiation stability, and design-basis-accident (DBA) resistance are described. An irradiation test ...

Radiation protection philosophy for exposure situations following an accident has been developed by international organisations such as the IEAE, ICRP, NEA/OECD, FAO/WHO, and the CEC during the last decade. After the Chernobyl accident, the radiation prot...

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A system utilising radiation transport codes has been developed to derive accurate dose distributions in a human body for radiological accidents. A suitable model is quite essential for a numerical analysis. Therefore, two tools were developed to setup a 'problem-dependent' input file, defining a radiation source and an exposed person ...

Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor arising from endothelial cells of blood vessels or lymphatic channels. Therapeutic irradiation, thoriumdioxide administration, pyothorax, and polyvinyl chloride exposure have been shown to be predisposing factors for developing angiosarcoma. Accidental radiation exposure has not been associated ...

Danger in viewing the acute radiation syndrome as a stereotype was emphasized by the Lockport incident. Aspects of the acute radiation injury problem arising from study of the accident are: radiation workers are unlikely to receive uniform whole-body exposure to homogeneous ...

Ionizing radiation is perhaps the most extensively studied human carcinogen. There have been a number of epidemiological studies on human populations exposed to radiation for medical or occupational reasons, as a result of protracted environmental exposures due to radiation accidents, or after ...

On the basis of the analysis of more than 350 individuals that were exposed to ionizing radiation in the course of more than 25 radiation accidents reported world wide since 1945, a biomathematical computer model was developed that simulates the pattern of granulocyte changes seen. It allows one to calculate the number of stem cells ...

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC) responded to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in the Soviet Union by utilizing long-range atmospheric dispersion modeling to estimate the amount of radioactivity released (source term) and the radiation dose distribution due to exposure to ...

The European Childhood Leukaemia - Lymphoma Incidence Study (ECLIS) is designed to address concerns about a possible increase in the risk of cancer in Europe following the nuclear accident in Chernobyle in 1986. This paper reports results of surveillance of childhood leukaemia in cancer registry populations from 1980 up to the end of 1991. There was a slight increase in the ...

Top resource on the Chernobyl accident with peer-reviewed reports and studies. UNSCEAR was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1955. Its mandate in the United Nations system is to assess and report levels and effects of exposure to ionizing radiation. Governments and organizations throughout the world rely on ...

Radiation accidents may produce external or internal contamination with radionuclides, local or whole-body exposure to penetrating radiation, or a combination of these. Trauma and medical problems which require rapid diagnosis and treatment may accompany a radiation injury. The role of the ...

Results of the previous one-dimensional thermal analysis of interim storage accidents are confirmed by more detailed two-dimensional calculations. Waste temperatures calculated for interim storage accidents are moderately sensitive to assumptions concerning canister spacing and are much less sensitive to boundary conditions at the canister top. For an ...

Health physics studies are described which were used to estimate area radiation levels from an accidental critical excursion in a Pu processing plant. It is pointed out that the principal health hazard in this area was considered to be alpha radiation from Pu and monitoring personnel assigned to the building were primarily concerned with ...

This report describes a study performed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to evaluate the level of safety provided under severe accident conditions during the shipment of spent fuel from nuclear power reactors. The evaluation is performed using data from real accident histories and using representative truck and rail cask models that likely ...

With careful organization and training of both plant and community health facilities the confusion of radiation accidents can be significantly decreased. Rational approaches to potential radiation accidents are described and discussed. (C.H.)

Analysis of potential exposure of personal and population during construction and exploitation of the New Safe Confinement was made. Scenarios of hazard event development were ranked. It is shown, that as a whole construction and exploitation of the NSC are in accordance with actual radiation safety norms of Ukraine.

... the bombings (30,31). The study of the Chernobyl nuclear accident survivors demonstrated a greater frequency of ... living in the permanent control zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that was affec...

Apart from the dramatic increase in thyroid cancer in those exposed as children, there is no evidence to date of a major public health impact of the radiation exposure from the Chernobyl accident in the three most affected countries. Although some increas...

Acute radiation sickness, which originates from high dose exposures following an accident or nuclear explosion, may be associated with thermal burns as well as different types of mechanical traumas. Actual difficulties of early-stage diagnosis and choice ...

Inhabitants of several atolls in the Marshall Islands were accidently exposed to fallout radiation following a detonation of a high yield thermonuclear device during experiments at Bikini in the Pacific Proving Grounds in March 1954. The most serious acut...

When assessing the consequences of atmospheric releases caused by a large reactor accident, one usually finds that the major contributions to the dose are via nutrition and from exposure to radiation from radioactive materials deposited on ground. The exp...

... context of accidental or intentional radiation exposures (nuclear ... teeth from the potential victims. Up to now, most studies focused on the ... ...

There is an increased need for after-the fact dosimetry because of the high risk of radiation exposures due to terrorism or accidents. In case of such an event, a method is needed to make measurements of dose in a large number of individuals rapidly and with sufficient accuracy to facilitate effect...

vessels accidents, in particular accidentswhich involvethe nuclear propulsion systems sinking of vessels, the nuclear propulsion plants, radiation exposures, firedexplosions, sea the nuclear propulsion plant. The major leak in one of the steam generators would cause a pressure drop

In an effort to assess the effects of exposure to ionizing radiation on neuropsychological and physical abilities, a longitudinal study in and near Chernobyl, Ukraine was conducted. In this report are findings from 1995 to 1998. Participants were voluntee...

Several authors analyse the processes, which occurred during and after the reactor accident at Chernobyl. Interactions and correlations are explained in a way easy to understand. In addition, other authors deal with issues of exposure to natural radiation...

Based on fallout measurements, additional radiation doses to the French population from external exposure to the plume, inhaled radioactivity and consumption of milk, meat and vegetables, have been estimated for the first period following the Chernobyl ac...

Severe nuclear accidents such as the one in Chernobyl in 1986 may give unacceptably high external radiation levels, which even in the late phase may make a resettlement of an evacuated population impossible unless action is taken to decrease the exposure....

This article presents and discusses new information on the old Hippocratic moto of "...not to harm but to benefit the patient". Some radiation accidents are due to medical errors. Millions of medical tests exposing radiation are performed every day worldwide increasing and sometimes exceeding the annual permissible dose administered to ...