Health Physics

Under the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency, the Peruvian authorities requested assistance from the IAEA in relation to the radiological accident that occurred during non-destructive testing using a nuclear radioactive source in the district of Chilca, Peru, in 2012. Cited by 7 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

In the early morning of 2 December 2013, a vehicle transporting a radiotherapy machine head containing a category 1, cobalt-60 radioactive source was stolen, resulting in radiation exposure to members of the public.

This publication addresses the chronology of events and circumstances of the radiological accident in Ventanilla, Peru, in February 2014. Cited by 2 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

An accidental overexposure occurred in the Bialystok Oncology Centre which affected five patients undergoing radiotherapy. Cited by 2 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

The Fukushima Daiichi Accident consists of a Report by the IAEA Director General and five technical volumes. Cited by 90 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

Under the Convention on Assistance in Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, the Georgian authorities requested assistance from the IAEA in relation to the 2001 radiological accident in Lia. Cited by 5 articles Web of Science as of January '22

This report provides detailed information on the accident that occurred in Nueva Aldea, Chile, in 2005. Cited by 19 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

In April 2002 an accident involving an industrial radiography source containing Ir-192 occurred in Cochabamba, Bolivia, some 500 km from the capital, La Paz. Cited by 9 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

Cited by 17 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

On 24 July 1996 a serious accident occurred at the Gilan combined cycle fossil fuel power plant in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Cited by 17 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

In late January and early February 2000 a radiological accident occurred in Samut Prakarn, Thailand, when a disused Co-60 teletherapy head was partially dismantled, taken from an unsecured storage location and sold as scrap metal. Cited by 18 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

On 17 June 1997 a physicist working as a senior technician at the Nuclear Centre, Sarov, in the Russian Federation, was severely exposed as a result of a criticality accident with an assembly of highly enriched uranium. Cited by 10 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

This report, compiled by a team of senior experts, contains the assessment of a radiological accident which led to serious overexposure of radiotherapy patients in Panama. Cited by 18 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

A serious radiological accident occurred in Istanbul, Turkey, in December 1998 and January 1999 when two packages used to transport 60Co teletherapy sources were sold as scrap metal. Cited by 20 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

In February 1999 a serious radiological accident occurred in Yanango, Peru, when a welder picked up an 192Ir industrial radiography source and put it in his pocket for several hours. Cited by 16 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

The radiological accident described in this report took place in Lilo, Georgia, when sealed radiation sources were abandoned by a previous owner at a site without following established regulatory safety procedures. Cited by 17 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

On 6 April 1993 a major radiological accident occurred at a plutonium extraction facility at a location then known as Tomsk-7, Russian Federation. Cited by 5 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

In October 1994 three members of the public entered the radioactive waste repository at Tammiku, Estonia, without authorization and removed a metal container enclosing a radiation source, which one of them placed in his pocket. Cited by 13 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

This report summarizes the assessment made of an accidental overexposure of radiotherapy patients that occurred at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in San José, Costa Rica, in August and September 1996. Cited by 9 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

On 26 October 1991, a fatal radiological accident occurred at an industrial sterilization facility in Nesvizh, Belarus. Cited by 17 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

On 17 November 1992 a radiological accident occurred at an electron accelerator facility in Hanoi, Viet Nam. Cited by 1 article in Web of Science as of January '22

On 21 June 1990 a fatal radiological accident occurred at an industrial irradiation facility at Soreq, Israel. Cited by 7 articles Web of Science as of January '22

On 5 February 1989, a radiological accident occurred at an industrial irradiation facility near San Salvador, El Salvador. Cited by 6 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

The Government and authorities in Brazil were faced with a tragic accident in Goiânia resulting from the misuse of a strongly radioactive medical teletherapy source not under radiation protection surveillance. Cited by 38 articles in Web of Science as of January '22

The purpose of this report is to update findings of the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group’s Summary Report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident (INSAG-1), published in September 1986, in the light of further information that has been revealed since that meeting. Cited by 24 articles in Web of Science as of September '24

This report was prepared after the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident, Vienna, 25–29 August 1986. Cited by 9 articles in Web of Science as of September '24