Incidents radioactive substances

These standards also target highly hazardous chemicals and radioactive substances that have the potential to cause catastrophic incidents. This standard as a whole is to help employees in their efforts to prevent or mitigate the episodic chemical releases that could lead to a catastrophe in the workplace, and the possibility of the surrovmding community to control these types of hazards. Employers must develop the necessary expertise, experience, judgment, and proactive initiative within their workforce to properly implement and maintain an... 

Summary.—We have developed methods of theoretical analysis of the results of experimental studies of the effects of injection of radioactive substances into animals on their life expectancy and on the incidence of tumors. These methods have been applied to the data reported for mice by Dr. Miriam P. Finkel, and it has been shown that her conclusion from these data that it is extremely unlikely that the strontium-90 from the fallout from nuclear weapons tests will induce even one bone tumor or one case of leukemia in human beings is completely unjustified. 

In any radiological incident or emergency, the main aim must be to minimise exposures and the spread of contamination. Pre-planning against possible incidents is essential and suitable first-aid facilities should be provided. Where significant quantities of radioactive substances are to be kept, procedures for dealing with fires should be discussed in advance with the local fire service. 

The rupture of a steam generator tube in a PWR can potentially lead to releases of radioactive substances to the atmosphere. These releases could be significant because, if iodine spiking does not occur immediately before the initiation of this event, it will occur during the course of the transient. Actual incidents of steam generator tube rupture have occurred in at least 12 operating nuclear power plants. 

In the framework of German precautionary radiation protection following nuclear incidents or accidents with substantial release of radioactive substances, environmental radioactivity monitoring should give priority to the so-called representative media . Milk, leek (as an example of leafy vegetables) and pasture vegetation, respectively, are... 

The transport rates of substances in river water are of economic importance, e.g. in potentially hazardous or pollution incidents. These transport rates have usually been measured by expensive tracer experiments with salts, colored compounds, or radioactive isotopes which can themselves be pollutants if the measurements are repeated frequently. 

For incidents involving radioactive materials or other highly contaminating substances that are not volatile, utilize the hospital s radiation accident protocol, which will generally include the following a. Restricted access zones. 

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