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Event Report Forms (ERFs) are filed to the IAEA. Sometimes there are multiple event reports, updating the rating, the event description. Here you only see the latest event report

ERF send date: Sun, 02-07-2000
ERF description: On Monday, 26 of June 2000 the authorities in Egypt were faced with a radiological accident in Meet Halfa, a village of El-Qualuobia Governorate, 20 km from Cairo. The accident resulting from a lost Ir-192, 40 Ci source found its way to one of the village houses. The accident resulted in two deaths and other two severely affected. The team from the Atomic Energy Authority and Ministry of Defence succeeded in locating the source and the source was handled remotely and sent to the special storage area of the Atomic Energy Authority.
Rating Justification:
Irradiation of at least seven persons resulting in an overexposure and the death of two of them.
ERF rating date: 30-06-2000
ERF contact person: Mrs. Samia Rashad
ERF address: 101, Kasr El-Eini Street, Egypt
ERF affiliation: Atomic Energy Authority, Nuclear Reg. and Safety Centre

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