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Title: Panel sees scant effects from Chelyabinsk mishap

Abstract

The July 17 rupture of a plutonium separation column at the Chelyabinsk-65 facility of the Mayak chemical production enterprise caused no harm to workers or the local population, and there was no contamination of the territory around the plant, according to an inquiry commission of the Russian state committee for emergencies. Examinations of 17 people in the workshop at the time of the incident have revealed no traces of plutonium in their bodies. Monitoring to a distance of 10 km around the plant found no deviation from previously registered radiation levels. The event has been rated as a level 1 incident on the International Nuclear Even Scale.

Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
7192160
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Nuclear News (La Grange Park, Illinois); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 36:11; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5574
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; ISOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TRITIUM PRODUCTION REACTORS; ACCIDENTS; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; REACTORS; 070500* - Isotope & Radiation Source Technology- Health & Safety- (1990-); 570100 - Health & Safety- Real Accidents- (1992-)

Citation Formats

. Panel sees scant effects from Chelyabinsk mishap. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
. Panel sees scant effects from Chelyabinsk mishap. United States.
. 1993. "Panel sees scant effects from Chelyabinsk mishap". United States.
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abstractNote = {The July 17 rupture of a plutonium separation column at the Chelyabinsk-65 facility of the Mayak chemical production enterprise caused no harm to workers or the local population, and there was no contamination of the territory around the plant, according to an inquiry commission of the Russian state committee for emergencies. Examinations of 17 people in the workshop at the time of the incident have revealed no traces of plutonium in their bodies. Monitoring to a distance of 10 km around the plant found no deviation from previously registered radiation levels. The event has been rated as a level 1 incident on the International Nuclear Even Scale.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7192160}, journal = {Nuclear News (La Grange Park, Illinois); (United States)},
issn = {0029-5574},
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volume = 36:11,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
}