Re: Irradiation

[Nolan Hertel <nolan.hertel@me.gatech.edu>]

APPARENTLY THIS DEGRADED INTO A DISCUSSION OF INSTITUTIONAL PAROCHIALISM.
SO MY APOLOGIES TO THE RADSAFE SUBSCRIBERS.  I WILL NOW GOING INTO HIDING
FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS.  :-)

NOLAN HERTEL,
CLASS OF '73


>> I ASSUME THAT YOU MEANT GAMMA IRRADIATION AND THE PREVIOUS RESPONDENT
>SEEMED TO BE TALKING ABOUT NEUTRON IRRADIATION.  THE NEELY NUCLEAR RESEARCH
>CENTER AT GEORGIA TECH HAS A VERY FLEXIBLE Co-60 IRRADIATION FACILITY WHICH
>CAN DO THIS.  THE CONTACT THERE WOULD BE RATIB KARAM, DIRECTOR 404-894-3717
>>
>> ALSO NEARER TO YOU, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN HAS A Co-60
>IRRADIATOR AT THEIR REACTOR FACILITY.  I DON'T REMEMBER THE DOSE RATES, BUT
>I THINK THAT THEY CAN PERFORM THE IRRADIATIONS.   THE CONTACT TOM BAUER
>512-471-5787 >> >> Greetings.  At my institution, I have a researcher that
>needs to >irradiate  blood samples up to the dose level of 100 kGy.
>According to my >calculations, it would take 16 hours in our small
>irradiator to reach that >particular dose(impossible for a health care
>facility to dedicate the >machine for that period of time).   Does anyone
>know of a private or >commercial irradiator that he could contact to make
>arrangements to have >his  samples done for him?  Any and all replies would
>be great.  Please >reply  directly to my e-mail address unless you think
>the reply would >benefit the  group.  Thank you. >> >>  Earl Smalts
>Radiological Safety Texas Tech Univ. Health Sci. Center >ssdehs@ttuhsc.edu
>> >
>>
>>  ------ Nolan E. Hertel Health Physics Program George W. Woodruff School
>of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
>30332-0405 (404) 894-3717 facs:  (404) 894-3733 nolan.hertel@me.gatech.edu
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>I still recommend a call to Dan Reece, they have three large gamma sources
>(two C0-60 and a Cs-137) and an gamma irradiation range which was
>previously used to administer gamma doses to animals for the studies
>performed in the 60's. Currently these sources are used to calibrate survey
>instruments - and since the controls can be locked and the facility usually
>runs two shifts with hourly walkaround by one of the reactor operators - a
>16 hour or more irradation using one of the gamma sources should not be a
>problem. The only potential problem here is that use of the gamma sources
>is not covered under the DOE funding and so some arrangement for use of the
>sources will have to involve transfer of funds between Texas Tech and TAMU.
>
>Marti Poston-Brown
>MRBROWN@ Bechtel.com


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Nolan E. Hertel
Health Physics Program
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0405
(404) 894-3717
facs:  (404) 894-3733
nolan.hertel@me.gatech.edu
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