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A Summary of Industrial Accidents in USAEC Facilities 1961-1962; TID-5360 Suppl. 4

1963 · ref. 77048 — Oak Ridge TN: United States Atomic Energy Commission Technical Information Service 1963. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Wraps. Good. v 1 34 pages. 2 Tables. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Ink notation on front cover. Short narrative descriptions of incidents involving radioactive materials together with a table of radiation exposures for AEC Contractor personnel are included because of their special interest to the atomic energy industry. Also includes are descriptions of industrial fatal accidents. A serious accident was defined as an accident required to be reported immediately to Commission Headquarters and included any of the following: a fatalities; b government property damage of $5000 or more; c an external radiation exposure greater than 15 rems received over a short period of time; and d other injury or industrial illness no matter how slight of five or more persons in one accident and other defined accidents. AEC Manual Chapters 0502-04 and 0523-052 then in effect fully defined immediately reportable accidents. The contents include: Serious Accidents 1961-1962; Radiation Exposure of AEC Contractor Personnel Accidents and Incidents Involving Radioactive Materials in AEC Activities 1961-1962 and Accidents involving Fatalities in AEC Activities 1961-1962. In April 1962 revised reporting requirements were established in AEC Manual Chapter 0502. The information in this supplement pertaining to the 1962 experience includes those accidents and incidents designated at "Type A" and "Type B" along with a few others of a lesser degree of importance which may be of interest. Type A criteria reflects a far more serious event with greater property damage and higher radiation exposure limits. United States Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service paperback