A flexible kilocurie cobalt-60 facility for multi-purpose irradiation applications

Abstract

The design of a shielded holder large enough to contain an activity of up to 3 × 10 3 Ci of 60Co is described. It incorporates the unusual feature of allowing the source to be moved to positions outside the shield. The safety features incorporated in the design are presented and examples of the use of the “bomb” for atomic excitation and nuclear resonance scattering studies, and for applications such as the sterilization of human bones and tissues are given.