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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on June 8, 2007
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2007 124(2):177-180; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm001
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General situation of radiation accidents in China

Zhou Li, Zhang Wenyi and Zhang Liang'an*

Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 238 Baidi Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300192, People's Republic of China

* Corresponding author: zhangla{at}public.tpt.tj.cn

Received March 22, 2006, amended December 2, 2006, accepted December 16, 2006

Information on radiation accidents in China compiled by the health authorities was collected. About 468 accidents were reported in 1988–2004. Detailed data from 1988 to 1998 were analysed. As to the 332 accidents reported in 1988–98, 77.7% of the cases are related to lost sources, 84.64% are liability accidents and five persons died owing to the cases occurring in the application of gamma irradiators. It is essential to improve the data bank to manage radiation sources, and to make sure that the relevant laws, together with professional theory and technical knowledge, are disseminated well and learned by professionals.


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