The production of cobalt-60 is critical to healthcare and, with demand soaring, the challenge is to expand supply, writes Martin Comben from the International Irradiation Association. There are a ...

(via Kyle Hill) In 1989, 1990, and 1991, there were three back-to-back fatal irradiator accidents in El Salvador, Israel, and Belarus. This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] tells ...

Enough cobalt-60 to sterilise 10 billion items of medical equipment was recently shipped from unit 7 at Canada's Bruce nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, a new production base for medical radioisotopes ...

FINDING 7-1: Radioactive sources provide ionizing radiation for many beneficial services such as cancer treatment, blood irradiation, sterilization, oil prospecting, medical research, calibration of ...