1962 – Radiation accident in Mexico City, four fatalities. [17] Contents 1 Nuclear power plant accidents 2 Nuclear reactor attacks 3 Radiation and other accidents and incidents Robert Johnston last updated 20 January 2014 This is a listing (incomplete) of radiation accidents and other events (e.g. Information Notice No. Joe W. Howland (1950). "Dose-effect relationships for early response to total body irradiation". : 6835 IN 85-57 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 July 16, 1985 Information Notice No. Mexico. In Mexico City (1962), a whole family was wiped out by a 60 Co source, found on a dump (Andrews 1963, Martinez et al 1964, Mettler and Nénot 2001b). Panama. August 2000 to March 2001 – Instituto Oncologico Nacional of Panama; 17 patients receiving treatment for prostate cancer and cancer of the cervix received lethal doses of radiation. Radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties--tabulated data compiled by Wm. 2 Tokaimura nuclear accident: 1999, September 30 2 Meet Halfa, Egypt 2000 May two fatalities due to radiography accident. Morocco. [11] [12] March 1984 – Radiation accident in Morocco, eight fatalities. 3 fatalities – Three deaths and ten injuries resulted in Samut Prakarn, Thailand when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled, February 2000. 1962 Mexico City radiation accident. March 1984 – Radiation accident in Morocco, eight fatalities. Mexico. radiation accident in Mexico City, radiotherapy unit accident in Thailand, [16] and the Mayapuri radiological accident in India. January 1969 – Lucens reactor in Switzerland undergoes partial core meltdown leading to massive radioactive contamination of a cavern. [10] Panama. 21-1. Moscow x-ray accident, 1962; Mexico City orphaned source, 1962* Hanford criticality accident, 1962; Moscow source accident, 1962; Obninsk criticality accident, 1962 Sanlian orphaned source, 1963* Arzamas-16 criticality accident, 1963; Sverdlovsk source accident, 1963; Chelyabinsk-40 radiation accident, 1963; Chelyabinsk-40 reactor accident, 1963 dbr:1962_Mexico_City_radiation_accident dbr :1984_Moroccan_radiation_accident This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Morocco. A 10 year old boy died after one month, followed by his mother and 3 year old sister a few months later; it is only at this time that the origin of these three deaths was discovered.
August 2000 to March 2001 – Instituto Oncologico Nacional of Panama; 17 patients receiving treatment for prostate cancer and cancer of the cervix received lethal doses of radiation. Radiation accident in Mexico City: 1962 3 SL-1 accident 1961 3 Samut Prakan radiation accident: 2000 February Three deaths and ten injuries resulted when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled. Smith, H. (1983). intentional acts) that resulted in acute radiation exposures to humans sufficient to cause casualties. The effect of aureomycin and antibiotics on whole body irradiation. 1 fatality – Mayapuri radiological accident, India, April 2010. 85-57: LOST IRIDIUM-192 SOURCE RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF EIGHT PERSONS IN … 4 fatalities – Radiation accident in Mexico City, 1962. Eight fatalities and more than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation. 85-57: Lost Iridium-192 Source Resulting in the Death of Eight Persons in Morocco SSINS No. Journal of the Society for ... Joe Wiseman Howland. 1962 – Radiation accident in Mexico City, four fatalities. 1962 – Radiation accident in Mexico City, four fatalities. [16] The International Atomic Energy Agency maintains a website reporting recent accidents.