Classification Test of Sealed Radioactive Sources for 192Ir Afterloading.

Safe Management of Spent Sealed Radiation Sources and Radioactive Waste in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is committed to the peaceful use of atomic energy and has signed all protocols and additional protocol of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in this regards. Bangladesh is operating nuclear facilities using radioisotopes, sealed radioactive sources (SRS) and generating radioactive wastes including spent SRS. This paper mainly focuses on the safe management of spent SRS gen...

Standardization of Radioactive Sources

INTRODUCTION Primary standards of radioactivity are in some ways, analogous to fixed points in the temperature scale in that each can be used for comparison with "unknowns" not too far removed from the standard. Over a thousand radioactive species are known to exist, but only a comparatively few satisfy such basic requirements for primary standards as: known decay scheme; appropriate half life ...

Dose error from deviation of dwell time and source position for high dose-rate 192Ir in remote afterloading system

The influence of deviations in dwell times and source positions for (192)Ir HDR-RALS was investigated. The potential dose errors for various kinds of brachytherapy procedures were evaluated. The deviations of dwell time ΔT of a (192)Ir HDR source for the various dwell times were measured with a well-type ionization chamber. The deviations of source position ΔP were measured with two methods. On...

Notes for guidance on the clinical administration of radiopharmaceuticals and use of sealed radioactive sources. Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee.

Comparison of 60Co and 192Ir sources in HDR brachytherapy

This paper compares the isotopes (60)Co and (192)Ir as radiation sources for high-dose-rate (HDR) afterloading brachytherapy. The smaller size of (192)Ir sources made it the preferred radionuclide for temporary brachytherapy treatments. Recently also (60)Co sources have been made available with identical geometrical dimensions. This paper compares the characteristics of both nuclides in differe...