动土-射线作业安全监护培训教材要点.ppt

* The above picture follows an accident in 1999 () where a welder carries Ir-192 radiography source in his rear trouser pocket; dose near contact leads to amputation of one leg; Yanango (Peru). IAEA A 1.37?TBq 192Ir was “lost” from its shielded container. The source was picked up by an employee at the site where radiography was taking place and carried in his pocket for several hours. Some 5 hours later he experienced pain in the back of his right thigh. His wife later noted reddening of the skin. She was also exposed when she sat on his jeans (which contained the source) for 5?10?mins w