caa a22 4500 397594216 CHVBK 20180308164947.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19961101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031841 doi 0144-8420 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031841 Nénot J.C. Radiation Accidents [Elektronische Daten] [J.C. Nénot] Analysis of radiation accidents over a 50 year period shows that simple cases, where the initiating events were immediately recognised, the source identified and under control, the medical input confined to current handling, were exceptional. In many cases, the accidents were only diagnosed when some injuries presented by the victims suggested the radiological nature of the cause. After large-scale accidents, the situation becomes more complicated, either because of management or medical problems, or both. The review of selected accidents which resulted in severe consequences shows that most of them could have been avoided; lack of regulations, contempt for rules, human failure and insufficient training have been identified as frequent initiating parameters. In addition, the situation was worsened because of unpreparedness, insufficient planning, unadapted resources, and underestimation of psychosociological aspects. Radiation Protection Dosimetry Radiation Protection Dosimetry Oxford University Press 68/1-2(1996-11-01), 111-118 0144-8420 68:1-2<111 1996 68 rpd https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031841 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031841 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Nénot J.C. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Radiation Protection Dosimetry Oxford University Press 68/1-2(1996-11-01), 111-118 0144-8420 68:1-2<111 1996 68 rpd Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford