Conveners
Industrial Application of Accelerators - 2
- Mark Murphy (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Promoting the safe and secure industrial uses of radiation technologies is one of the core activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). To support its Member States in strengthening their capabilities the IAEA, through its Radiochemistry and Radiation Technology Section (RCRTS) promotes the utilization of both source-based and accelerator-based radiation technology in fields...
Staff at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), at the request of the Office of Radiological Security (ORS) within the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), identified impediments for those companies desiring to transition from cobalt-60 to an accelerator technology for processing product. One of those impediments identified was a dose simulation software tool that was...
Radiation is currently being exploited to modify polymers in order to improve properties for various applications. This study thoroughly examines the effects of high energy electron beam irradiation (10 MeV) on low density polyethylene (LDPE) material. LDPE was subjected to a broad range of doses ranging between 10 and 300 kGy at room temperature under different conditions. Extensive...
Although medical devices are sterilized in Argentina using ionizing radiation, electrons beams sterilization is of great interest. This is partly due to the lack of knowledge regarding their comparative effects on materials (primarily polymers). Thus, the objective of this work is to study the effect of both radiation sources: gamma rays (60Co) and electrons beams on the polymers...
Polymers are inevitably used for many medical applications and devices. Development of the polymeric materials over the recent decades provided valuable commodity materials to be used in different medical applications such as single-use medical devices, implants, drug delivery and packaging systems because of their versatility and economic advantages and their ability to withstand...
