Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident information
1990 Spanish radiological accident
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The 1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident was a radiological accident that occurred from 10 to 20 December 1990, at University Clinic Hospital Lozano Blesa of Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain.
In the accident, at least 27 patients were injured, and 11 of them died due to the overexposure, according to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).[1] All of the injured were cancer patients receiving external beam radiotherapy.[2]
^González, Abel J. "Strengthening the Safety of Radiation Sources & the Security of Radioactive Materials: Timely Action". IAEA Bulletin (in English, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish). Vol. 41, no. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2009.
^Argos, Lucía (October 12, 1991). "El accidente del Clínico de Zaragoza, una cadena de fallos humanos única en el mundo, según los expertos" [The accident at the Clinic of Zaragoza, a chain of human failures unique in the world, according to experts]. El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 10, 2012.
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