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Title: Potential value of Cs-137 capsules

Abstract

We determined the value of Cs-137 compared to Co-60 as a source for the irradiation of fruit (apples and cherries), pork and medical supplies. Cs-137, in the WESF capsule form, had a value of approximately $0.40/Ci as a substitute for Co-60 priced at approximately $1.00/Ci. The comparison was based on the available curies emitted from the surface of each capsule. We developed preliminary designs for fourteen irradiation facilities; seven were based on Co-60 and seven were based on Cs-137. These designs provided the basis for estimating capital and operating costs which, in turn, provided the basis for determining the value of Cs-137 relative to Co-60 in these applications. We evaluated the effect of the size of the irradiation facility on the value of Cs-137. The cost of irradiation is low compared to the value of the product. Irradiation of apples for disinfestation costs $.01 to .02 per pound. Irradiation for trichina-safe pork costs $.02 per pound. Irradiation of medical supplies for sterilization costs $.07 to .12 per pound. The cost of the irradiation source, either Co-60 or Cs-137, contributed only a minor amount to the total cost of irradiation, about 5% for the fruit and hog cases and about 20%more » for the medical supply cases. We analyzed the sensitivity of the irradiation costs and Cs-137 value to several key assumptions.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5714125
Report Number(s):
PNL-5380
ON: DE85010540
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
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Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; 07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; APPLES; RADIODISINFESTATION; CHERRIES; IRRADIATION PLANTS; CAPITALIZED COST; DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OPERATING COST; MEDICAL SUPPLIES; STERILIZATION; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; CODLING MOTH; MEAT; RADIATION SOURCES; TRICHINELLA; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ASCHELMINTHES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; COST; DISINFESTATION; ECONOMICS; FOOD; FRUITS; HELMINTHS; INSECTS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; INVERTEBRATES; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LEPIDOPTERA; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MOTHS; NEMATODES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 070202* - Radiation Sources- Use in Food Processing- (-1987); 070203 - Radiation Sources- Use in Medical Supply Sterilization- (-1987); 070201 - Radiation Sources- Design, Fabrication & Operation; 050600 - Nuclear Fuels- By-Products- (-1987)

Citation Formats

Bloomster, C H, Brown, D R, Bruno, G A, Hazelton, R F, Hendrickson, P L, Lezberg, A J, Tingey, G L, and Wilfert, G L. Potential value of Cs-137 capsules. United States: N. p., 1985. Web. doi:10.2172/5714125.
Bloomster, C H, Brown, D R, Bruno, G A, Hazelton, R F, Hendrickson, P L, Lezberg, A J, Tingey, G L, & Wilfert, G L. Potential value of Cs-137 capsules. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5714125
Bloomster, C H, Brown, D R, Bruno, G A, Hazelton, R F, Hendrickson, P L, Lezberg, A J, Tingey, G L, and Wilfert, G L. 1985. "Potential value of Cs-137 capsules". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5714125. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5714125.
@article{osti_5714125,
title = {Potential value of Cs-137 capsules},
author = {Bloomster, C H and Brown, D R and Bruno, G A and Hazelton, R F and Hendrickson, P L and Lezberg, A J and Tingey, G L and Wilfert, G L},
abstractNote = {We determined the value of Cs-137 compared to Co-60 as a source for the irradiation of fruit (apples and cherries), pork and medical supplies. Cs-137, in the WESF capsule form, had a value of approximately $0.40/Ci as a substitute for Co-60 priced at approximately $1.00/Ci. The comparison was based on the available curies emitted from the surface of each capsule. We developed preliminary designs for fourteen irradiation facilities; seven were based on Co-60 and seven were based on Cs-137. These designs provided the basis for estimating capital and operating costs which, in turn, provided the basis for determining the value of Cs-137 relative to Co-60 in these applications. We evaluated the effect of the size of the irradiation facility on the value of Cs-137. The cost of irradiation is low compared to the value of the product. Irradiation of apples for disinfestation costs $.01 to .02 per pound. Irradiation for trichina-safe pork costs $.02 per pound. Irradiation of medical supplies for sterilization costs $.07 to .12 per pound. The cost of the irradiation source, either Co-60 or Cs-137, contributed only a minor amount to the total cost of irradiation, about 5% for the fruit and hog cases and about 20% for the medical supply cases. We analyzed the sensitivity of the irradiation costs and Cs-137 value to several key assumptions.},
doi = {10.2172/5714125},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5714125}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1985},
month = {Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1985}
}