• Iridium-192 (symbol 192Ir) is a radioactive isotope of iridium, with a half-life of 73.827 days. It decays by emitting beta (β) particles and gamma (γ)...
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  • 187Re Believed to undergo α decay to 189Re Iridium-192 (symbol 192Ir) is a radioactive isotope of iridium, with a half-life of 73.83 days. It decays by...
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    Iridium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group, it is...
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  • estimated dose of 40 rad (0.40 Gy). September 18, 1968 – F.R. Germany – An iridium-192 source was mishandled by workers, with one person placing the source...
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  • has media related to iridium. Isotopes of iridium Iridium-192, an isotope Iridium flare, a notable source of satellite glint Iridium anomaly, an unusual...
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  • radionuclides, such as cobalt-60 and iridium-192, are made by the neutron irradiation of normal non-radioactive cobalt and iridium metal in a nuclear reactor,...
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  • contact with was iridium-192. Iridium-192 was what one would typically find inside a radiography machine. The NRC discovered that iridium-192 was stolen from...
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  • pulmonary hemorrhaging caused by overexposure to radiation from a lost iridium-192 source. Other individuals also received significant overdoses of radiation...
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  • important producer of radionuclides, such as molybdenum-99, lutetium-177 and iridium-192, in Europe and maintains and operates the Petten nuclear reactor. The...
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    Morocco, eight fatalities from overexposure to radiation from a lost iridium-192 source. 1984: Fernald Feed Materials Production Center gained notoriety...
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  • Radiation Sources Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine p. 14. "Lost Iridium-192 Source". Retrieved 15 November 2014. The Radiological Accident in Goiania...
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  • half-value layers for a variety of materials against a source of gamma rays (Iridium-192): Concrete: 44.5 mm Steel: 12.7 mm Lead: 4.8 mm Tungsten: 3.3 mm Uranium:...
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    half-life of their decay. Common source radionuclides include cobalt-60, iridium-192, and strontium-90. The SI measurement quantity of source activity is...
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    lead (around 0.6 times the thickness for common gamma ray sources, i.e. Iridium-192 and Cobalt-60) and cheaper cost compared to tungsten. In a nuclear power...
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    cobalt or iridium in high flux reactors. However, while 137 Cs is a waste product produced in great quantities in nuclear fission reactors, 192 Ir and 60...
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  • used in high-dose-rate endorectal brachytherapy, as an alternative to iridium-192. In paleobiogeochemistry, the ratio in amount of selenium-82 to selenium-76...
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    were discovered. After World War II new isotopes such as caesium-137, iridium-192 and cobalt-60 became available for industrial radiography, and the use...
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  • image. For industrial radiography using gamma radiation sources such as iridium-192 or cobalt-60, a collimator (beam limiting device) allows the radiographer...
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  • placed within the reactor. A typical product from a nuclear reactor is iridium-192. The elements that have a large propensity to take up the neutrons in...
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    17 years 0.662 MeV Cobalt-60 (60Co) γ-ray 5.26 years 1.17, 1.33 MeV Iridium-192 (192Ir) β−-particles 73.8 days 0.38 MeV (mean) Iodine-125 (125I) γ-rays...
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    of 2003 the isotopes Antimony-124, argon-41, cobalt-60, iodine-131, iridium-192, lanthanum-140, manganese-56, scandium-46, sodium-24, silver-110m, technetium-99m...
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    and from nuclear power plants. Commercially, it produces cobalt-60, iridium-192, and carbon-14. The town's coat of arms depicts a flame-colored salamander...
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  • tissue.13 Iridium-192 74 days Gamma rays The most common uses of Iridium-192 are: cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, and prostate cancer. Ir-192 can also...
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  • used tracers include antimony-124, bromine-82, iodine-125, iodine-131, iridium-192, and scandium-46. A 2003 publication by the International Atomic Energy...
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    "Comparison of high–dose rate prostate brachytherapy dose distributions with iridium-192, ytterbium-169, and thulium-170 sources". Brachytherapy. 10 (6): 461–465...
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    extracted from reactor-grade plutonium. Tritium, polonium‑210, thulium-170, iridium-192, and uranium-233 were also produced. By 1963 the AEC had estimated that...
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    Strontium-90, Technetium-99m, Iodine-123, Iodine-124, Promethium-147, Iridium-192, etc. For elements with a higher atomic number than californium (with...
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    replaced by radioactive tantalum and gold, before iridium rose in prominence.: Ch. 1  First used in 1958, iridium is the most commonly used artificial source...
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    useful photon beams can also be derived from a radioactive source such as iridium-192, caesium-137, or cobalt-60. (Radium-226 has also been used as such a...
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    2008-06-03. Retrieved 2005-11-27. "Information Notice No. 85-57: Lost Iridium-192 Source Resulting in the Death of Eight Persons in M". Llumá, Diego (May–June...
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