Issue |
Radioprotection
Volume 26, Number 1, January-March 1991
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Page(s) | 35 - 47 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/1991003 | |
Published online | 08 June 2009 |
Leçons tirées de l'accident de Goiânia, au Brésil
National radiological protection board, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 ORQ, Grande-Bretagne
Reçu :
15
Décembre
1989
Les accidents d'irradiation hors du secteur nucléaire sont responsables d'une proportion non négligeable d'irradiations, fatales ou non. Après un court rappel des statistiques en ce domaine, l'article décrit l'un des accidents radiologiques les plus graves, celui de Goiânia, au Brésil, en 1987. L'accident entraîna le décès de quatre personnes et une forte dispersion de la contamination radioactive due à la rupture d'une source de radiothérapie. Sont relatés, en particulier, le déroulement de l'accident, les mesures prises, les leçons tirées.
Abstract
Radiation accidents outside of the nuclear sector account for a significant proportion of fatal and non-fatal radiation accidents. Relevant statistics are briefly reviewed and then the paper concentrates on one of the most serious radiological accidents, that in Goiânia, Brazil, in 1987. In that accident four people died and there was significant spread of radioactive contamination from a ruptured radiotherapy source. The development of the accident, the response to it and the lessons learned from it are addressed.
© EDP Sciences, 1991
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