Radioactive Scrap Metal

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Radioactive scrap metal is the situation when radioactive material enters the metal recycling process known as the "scrap metal trade". A lost source accident is one where a radioactive object is lost or stolen. Such objects often end up in the scrap metal industry, as people mistake them for harmless bits of metal. The International Atomic Energy Agency has provided guides for scrap metal collectors on what a sealed source might look like. The best known example of this type of event is the Goiânia accident, in Brazil. While some lost source accidents have not involved the scrap metal industry, they are still good examples of the likely scale and scope of a lost source accident. For example, the Red Army left sources behind in Lilo. Another case occurred at Yanango where a radiography source was lost and at Gilan, Iran a radiography source harmed a welde

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786130915797
• ISBN-10: 6130915799
• Artikelnr.: 29907048