Iridium-192 Production for Cancer Treatment

Conference · Tue Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2004

OSTI ID:840203

Rostelato, M E.C.M.; Silva, C P.G.; Rela, P R; Zeituni, C A; Lepki, V; Feher, A

The purpose of this work is to settle a laboratory for Iridium -192 sources production, that is, to determine a wire activation method and to build a hot cell for the wires manipulation, quality control and packaging. The paper relates, mainly, the wire activation method and its quality control. The wire activation is carried out in our nuclear reactor, IEA- R1m.

• Research Organization: Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares-Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear IPEN-CNEN Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2242. Zip Code: 05508-000 Sao Paulo-SP- (BR)
• Sponsoring Organization: none (US)
• OSTI ID: 840203
• Resource Relation: Conference: Americas Nuclear Energy Symposium (ANES 2004), Miami, FL (US), 10/03/2004--10/06/2004; Other Information: PBD: 5 Oct 2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
HOT CELLS
IRIDIUM
IRIDIUM 192
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR ENERGY
PACKAGING
PRODUCTION
QUALITY CONTROL
REACTORS
IRIDIUM WIRES
IRIDIUM-192
RADIOACTIVE SOURCE PRODUCTION
NUCLEAR REACTOR APPLICATION
BRACHYTHERAPY