Published August 2016
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Journal article
Discourage or subsidize gamma irradiators? NNSA does both
Creators
Description
Accelerators could replace dangerous cobalt-60 as a sterilization option, but cost may be prohibitive.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/PT.3.3265;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Today
- Journal Volume
- 69
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Journal Page Range
- vp.
- ISSN
- 0031-9228
- CODEN
- PHTOAD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 48042379
- Subject category
- S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATORS; COBALT 60; GAMMA RADIATION; STERILIZATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2016 American Institute of Physics