Nuclear Safety and Security Commission investigates radiation exposure at Samsung Medical Center...What's going on?
Jan 03, 2025
The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (Chairman Choi Won-ho, hereinafter referred to as the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission) launched an investigation into the radiation exposure incident at Samsung Medical Center (Gangnam-gu, Seoul) on the 2nd.
According to the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, Samsung Seoul Hospital used a linear accelerator to end patient treatment (estimated treatment time of 3 to 5 minutes) at around 9 p.m. and later recognized that the guardian was staying in the accelerator room where treatment was underway, and reported this to the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety and Security (KINS) and the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission.
Samsung Medical Center said the exposure was located about 2 meters away from the linear accelerator at the time of the incident, and there were no specific symptoms related to radiation exposure until the time of reporting.
The Nuclear Safety and Technology Commission plans to determine the details of the incident and evaluate the exposure dose through the investigation of the case by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute and the investigation of the exposed person, and plans to check whether there is a violation of the Nuclear Safety Act.
Meanwhile, the legal dose limit for the general public is 1 mSv (millisieverts) per year.
According to the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, Samsung Seoul Hospital used a linear accelerator to end patient treatment (estimated treatment time of 3 to 5 minutes) at around 9 p.m. and later recognized that the guardian was staying in the accelerator room where treatment was underway, and reported this to the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety and Security (KINS) and the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission.
Samsung Medical Center said the exposure was located about 2 meters away from the linear accelerator at the time of the incident, and there were no specific symptoms related to radiation exposure until the time of reporting.
The Nuclear Safety and Technology Commission plans to determine the details of the incident and evaluate the exposure dose through the investigation of the case by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute and the investigation of the exposed person, and plans to check whether there is a violation of the Nuclear Safety Act.
Meanwhile, the legal dose limit for the general public is 1 mSv (millisieverts) per year.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
