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13. Radiotherapy accident in Costa Rica. 1996. 114 patients received an overdose of radiation from a cobalt-60 source that was being used for radiotherapy. [13]: 299, 303. 11. Radiotherapy accident in Zaragoza, Spain. 1990 December. Cancer patients receiving radiotherapy; 11 fatalities and 27 patients were injured.
2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. 2001 Instituto Oncologico Nacional radiotherapy accident. 2000 Samut Prakan radiation accident, Thailand. [3] 1999 and 1997 Tokaimura nuclear accidents. 1996 San Juan de Dios radiotherapy accident. 1994 Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku, Estonia.
Serious nuclear power plant accidents include the Fukushima nuclear disaster (2011), the Chernobyl disaster (1986), the Three Mile Island accident (1979), and the SL-1 accident (1961). [ 11 ] Nuclear power accidents can involve loss of life and large monetary costs for remediation work.
2 July 1956 – Sylvania Electric Products explosion in Queens, New York City. Explosions of thorium slugs resulted in the death by toxic heavy metal poisoning of one plant employee. [7] June, 1958 – Y-12 National Security Complex criticality incident – Eight workers injured in the incident.
Nuclear reactor accidents continued into the 1960s with a small test reactor exploding at the Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One in Idaho Falls in January 1961 resulting in three deaths which were the first fatalities in the history of U.S. nuclear reactor operations. [6] There was also a partial meltdown at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear ...
Types of radioactive exposure after a nuclear attack. Radiation poisoning. Toggle Radiation poisoning subsection. Prodromal syndrome. Bone marrow death. Gastrointestinal death. Central nervous system death. Short-term effects (6–8 weeks) Toggle Short-term effects (6–8 weeks) subsection.
One of four example estimates of the plutonium (Pu-239) plume from the 1957 fire at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant. The Rocky Flats Plant, a former United States nuclear weapons production facility located about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Denver, caused radioactive (primarily plutonium, americium, and uranium) contamination within and outside its boundaries. [1]
IAEA chief warns of risk of nuclear accident at Russian plant in Kursk region. August 27, 2024 at 5:48 AM. KURCHATOV, Russia (Reuters) -U.N. nuclear agency chief Rafael Grossi said after visiting ...