Design of a Source for a Large-Scale Environmental Gamma Irradiation Test Facility Using Mixed Isotopes

Abstract

A design of a source for a large-scale, environmental, gamma-irradiation, test facility using the isotopes Cobalt-60, Cesium-137, and Europium-152 has been accomplished. The source geometry is a six-foot diameter vertical disk with 1,627 small sources mounted in the disk. These small sources are cylinders containing the three isotopes and are mounted with their axes parallel to the axis of the disk.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1961
Accession Number
AD0259722

Entities

People

  • John J. Mcgee

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion
  • Coefficients
  • Dose Rate
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Gamma Rays
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Research Facilities
  • Shielding
  • Temperature Control
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.