Course on Medical Aspects of Nuclear and Radiation Accidents: Cairo, April 11-16, 1992
Course on Medical Aspects of Nuclear and Radiation Accidents: Cairo, April 11-16, 1992
In the aftermath of the Tchernobyl accident public attention was almost entirely concentrated on this event. The name of the unfortunate Ucrainian town become a synonimous for the terrible threat of nuclear energy to mankind. The reasons leading to the accident were not rationalized and hardly no at...
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Personal Name(s): | El-Naggar, Anas Moustafa (Editor) |
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Nentwich, Dieter (Editor) | |
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Publikationen vor 2000; PRE-2000; Retrocat |
Imprint: |
Jülich
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag
1992
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Physical Description: |
214 S. |
ISBN: |
978-3-89336-098-7 |
Document Type: |
Book |
Research Program: |
ohne Topic |
Series Title: |
Bilateral Seminars of the International Bureau
11 |
Link: |
OpenAccess |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
In the aftermath of the Tchernobyl accident public attention was almost entirely concentrated on this event. The name of the unfortunate Ucrainian town become a synonimous for the terrible threat of nuclear energy to mankind. The reasons leading to the accident were not rationalized and hardly no attempt was made to discriminate between the differences in lay-out and technical implementation applied elsewhere. The Tchernobyl event also deflected the attention from other potential hazards related to ionizing radiation as can result from misfunction or misuse of radioactive sources widely applied in human medicine or in industry. It was only after the Goiania accident in Brazil that these radiation sources retrieved the attention they deserve. Around the world, great efforts have been undertaken by the producers and users of these sources, supported by scientific investigations and by legislative backing, to minimize to the greatest extent possible any risk to public health. Nevertheless, accidents involving serious overexposures of individuals cannot be excluded entirely for the future. It is therefore a matter of professional responsibility to carefully evaluate the experiences gathered in the wake of radiation accidents and proliferate this knowledge to those professionals -health physicists, decontamination specialists, medical and paramedical staff- that might be confronted with the consequences of an accident and from whose expertise and proper handling human lifes might depend. It was with this aim that the Atomic Energy Authority and the International Bureau of the Forschungszentrum Jülich undertook to organize a joint Training Course on "Medical Aspects of Nuclear and Radiation Accidents" within the German-Egyptian governmental agreement on bilateral cooperation in scientific research and technological development signed on 11.4.1979. Selected experts from both sides convened and presented both compended text book knowledge as weil as own re cent scientific data reflecting the state of the art. This material was selected and prepared in order to fit the needs of the invited 25 Egyptian physicians and paramedical course participants who where to be given guidelines on how to react to radiation overexposure incidents. The Training Course was successfully held in Cairo from April 11 to 16, 1992. In realising the importance of the topic delt with and in view of the potential interest of other organizations around the world being responsible for the proper handling of radioactive material, it was decided to publish the lecture notes within the pUblication series "Bilateral Seminars of the International Bureau", enabling thus a wider dissimination of this material. The editors have left the presented papers unchanged, each author takes the responsibility for the scientific content presented. The Forschungszentrum Jülich, the editors, and the authors do not assume any liability for damages resulting from the application of the knowledge presented. The editors wish to thank the authors for their contributions and acknowledge the support of all those that have made this meeting a success. |