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A VERSATILE COBALT-60 IRRADIATION FACILITY

Journal Article · · Bulletin of the Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University (Japan)
OSTI ID:4696504

A new versatile Co/sup 60/ gamma-ray irradiation facility was recently installed at the Takarazuka Radiation Laboratory of the Sumitomo Atomic Industries Ltd. in Takarazuka. This facility, being capable of storing about two kilocuries of Co/sup 60/, was designed and built with versatility for many research purposes. The whoie unit is constructed in a hot cave with a viewing window of shielding glass and a couple of manipulators. The radiation dose for the sample to be irradiated and placed at a fixed position can be easily changeable by replacing the source pencil in the cage with the other ones. The experimental and theoretical estimation of the dose rate distribution around the source and in the labyrinth of the hot cave was carried out. Some features of the facility as well as the results of the dose rate estimation are described. (auth)

Research Organization:
Sumitomo Atomic Energy Industries, Ltd., Takarazuka, Eng.
NSA Number:
NSA-17-027513
OSTI ID:
4696504
Journal Information:
Bulletin of the Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University (Japan), Journal Name: Bulletin of the Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University (Japan) Vol. Vol: 41; ISSN BICRA
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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