Open AccessDosimetry investigation of the recuplex accident
Author(s) -
W.C. Roesch,
C.C. Gamertsfelder,
H.V. Larson,
E.C. Watson,
J. M. Nielsen
Publication year - 1962
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/142549
Subject(s) - dosimetry , dosimeter , criticality , plutonium , radiation accidents , commission , nuclear engineering , medical physics , forensic engineering , environmental science , engineering , nuclear medicine , radiochemistry , medicine , business , physics , nuclear physics , chemistry , finance
At 10:59 AM (PST), Saturday, April 7, 1962 a criticality accident occurred in a plutonium waste chemical recovery facility at the Hanford Atomic Products Operation, operated for the Atomic Energy Commission by the General Electric Company. Four men were hospitalized but were released after medical observation and after estimates of the radiation doses received were available. This report describes the dosimetry investigation that was made following the accident. This investigation was facilitated by the fact that all employees affected had personnel dosimeters in their possession when the incident occurred. The interpretation of the data supplied by these dosimeters was supplemented by information gathered by techniques that were developed in connection with other accidents. Below, the available information is first presented and then applied in a discussion of the dosimetry of the people involved in the accident