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Radiation accidents over the last 60 years
| Auteur | J.C.Nenot, IOP, Journal of Radiological Protection |
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| Datum | augustus 2009 |
| Classificatie | 6.01.1.10/13 (ONGELUKKEN - ALGEMEEN) |
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2009 J. Radiol. Prot. 29 301
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IOP PUBLISHING JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION
J. Radiol. Prot. 29 (2009) 301–320 doi:10.1088/0952-4746/29/3/R01
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Radiation accidents over the last 60 years
Jean-Claude N´enot1
Paris, France
E-mail: jcnenot@free.fr
Received 26 February 2009, accepted for publication 23 June 2009
Published 18 August 2009
Online at stacks.iop.org/JRP/29/301
Abstract
Since the end of the Second World War, industrial and medical uses of radiation
have been considerably increasing. Accidental overexposures of persons, in
either the occupational or public field, have caused deaths and severe injuries
and complications. The rate of severe accidents seems to increase with time,
especially those involving the public; in addition, accidents are often not
immediately recognised, which means that the real number of events remains
unknown. Human factors, as well as the lack of elementary rules in the
domains of radiological safety and protection, such as inadequate trai