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Peru

Minor amputation after radiography incident

Regulation and Safety

27 July 2012

A Peruvian radiographer has lost part of a finger after working with an unshielded iridium-192 source. The event is classified a 'serious incident' at Level 3 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.

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