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NICSTAR 2015 RADIATION PROCESSING IN THE CHANGING WORLD Mumbai, India, 5th March 2015

Learn about the importance of recycling Cobalt-60 sources for industrial and medical applications. Discover the process of collecting, transporting, and disposing of Cobalt-60. Explore potential customers and examples of dry storage facilities.

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NICSTAR 2015 RADIATION PROCESSING IN THE CHANGING WORLD Mumbai, India, 5th March 2015

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  1. NICSTAR 2015 RADIATION PROCESSING IN THE CHANGING WORLD Mumbai, India, 5th March 2015

  2. SESSION 1 COBALT-60 SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT AND IRRADIATORS The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal by Jens Baldeweg and Dr. Manfred Frenzel Company Profile

  3. The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal • Pre-work • How and where do we get access to Cobalt-60 sources as „raw“ material for our recycling process? • Small sources from industrial users like level gauges, NDT companies • Sources from research centers and universities • Standard sized sources (11 x 451 mm) from industrial irradiation facilities • Sources from medical users like cancer centers

  4. The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal • Pre-work • How do we collect sources from medical users? • Dismantling of a teletherapy device and unloading of the Co-60 sourceinto one of our special type B(U) container • Technical solutions for nearly all existing types of devices combined with experienced staff • Dangerous goods shipments from customer site to our Hot Cell

  5. The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Pre-work Teletherapy unit examples Theratron Gammatron Alcyon Picker

  6. The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal • Pre-work • How do we handle sources in the phase of interim storage? • Visual inspection inside Hot Cell • Wipe tests • Interim storage until recycling process starts • Dose rate measurements • Certification tasks • Authority reports • 2 Hot Cell facilities, additional dry storage facilities and waterpool available

  7. The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal Cobalt-60 recycling Production of our R38 large format industrial source Source details: Diameter 38 mm Max. length 703 mm Max. activity 25.000 Ci / 925 TBq German special form certificate D/0083/S-96 (Rev.3) Co-60 Co-60

  8. The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal • Cobalt-60 recycling • Impressions during inside our • source production Hot Cell in Berlin

  9. The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal • Potential customers / users • Some field examples of dry storage facilities

  10. The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal • Potential customers / users • Some field examples of dry storage facilities

  11. The Role of Recycling In Cobalt Supply and Disposal • Summary • Why should we recycle Cobalt-60 sources? • Reduce the number of disused sources • Find a reasonable re-use • Prolong the lifetime of existing sources byat least another 20 years • Economize the activation of raw Cobalt • Solutions for the end of life of a source • Basics and licenses • ISO 9001:2008 certified • Y/1113/98, German Handling Licence • T1/2493/12/0, Road shipping licence • Z/2521/13/0, Working Licence to work at customer sites

  12. MANY THANKS • for your attention!

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